jahki

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *jëkē, from Proto-Uralic *ikä.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈjahkiː/

Noun

jahki

1. year

Inflection

Even i-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative	jahki
Genitive	jagi jagẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	jahki	jagit
Accusative	jagi	jagiid
Genitive	jagi jagẹ	jagiid
Illative	jahkái	jagiide
Locative	jagis	jagiin
Comitative	jagiin	jagiiguin
Essive	jahkin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person jahkán jahkáme jahkámet 2nd person jahkát jahkáde jahkádet 3rd person jahkis jahkiska jahkiset

Derived terms

• jagiáigi
• jahkečuohti

Further reading

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