ceahkki

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ceakkē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sea̯hːkiː/

Noun

ceahkki

1. notch, indentation
2. stairstep
3. degree

Inflection

Even i-stem, hkk-hk gradation
Nominative	ceahkki
Genitive	ceahki ceahkẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ceahkki	ceahkit
Accusative	ceahki	cēhkiid
Genitive	ceahki ceahkẹ	cēhkiid
Illative	ceahkkái	cēhkiide
Locative	ceahkis	cēhkiin
Comitative	cēhkiin	cēhkiiguin
Essive	ceahkkin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ceahkkán ceahkkáme ceahkkámet 2nd person ceahkkát ceahkkáde ceahkkádet 3rd person ceahkkis ceahkkiska ceahkkiset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland