Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From a Scandinavian language, either Norwegian sukker or Swedish socker.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsohkar/

Noun

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sohkar

  1. sugar

Inflection

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Odd, hkk-hk gradation
Nominative sohkar
Genitive sohkkara
Singular Plural
Nominative sohkar sohkkarat
Accusative sohkkara sohkkariid
Genitive sohkkara sohkkariid
Illative sohkkarii sohkkariidda
Locative sohkkaris sohkkariin
Comitative sohkkariin sohkkariiguin
Essive sohkarin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sohkkaran sohkkareamẹ sohkkareamẹt
2nd person sohkkarat sohkkareattẹ sohkkareattẹt
3rd person sohkkaris sohkkareaskkạ sohkkareasẹt

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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