Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Afrihká +‎ -laš.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈafːriːˌhkaːlaʃ/

Adjective

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afrihkálaš (not comparable)

  1. African

Inflection

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Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation
Attributive afrihkálaš
Nominative afrihkálaš
Genitive afrihkálačča
Attributive afrihkálaš
Singular Plural
Nominative afrihkálaš afrihkálaččat
Accusative afrihkálačča afrihkálaččaid
Genitive afrihkálačča afrihkálaččaid
Illative afrihkálažžii afrihkálaččaide
Locative afrihkálaččas afrihkálaččain
Comitative afrihkálaččain afrihkálaččaiguin
Essive afrihkálažžan

Noun

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afrihkálaš

  1. African person

Inflection

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Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation
Nominative afrihkálaš
Genitive afrihkálačča
Singular Plural
Nominative afrihkálaš afrihkálaččat
Accusative afrihkálačča afrihkálaččaid
Genitive afrihkálačča afrihkálaččaid
Illative afrihkálažžii afrihkálaččaide
Locative afrihkálaččas afrihkálaččain
Comitative afrihkálaččain afrihkálaččaiguin
Essive afrihkálažžan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person afrihkálažžan afrihkálažžame afrihkálažžamet
2nd person afrihkálažžat afrihkálažžade afrihkálažžadet
3rd person afrihkálažžas afrihkálažžaska afrihkálažžaset

Further reading

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  • 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
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