ahkásaš

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈahkaːsaʃ/

Adjective

ahkásaš (not comparable)

1. (with a genitive) aged, at the age of

   Synonym: ahkạhaš

Inflection

Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation
Attributive	ahkásaš
Nominative	ahkásaš
Genitive	ahkásačča
Attributive	ahkásaš
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ahkásaš	ahkásaččat
Accusative	ahkásačča	ahkásaččaid
Genitive	ahkásačča	ahkásaččaid
Illative	ahkásažžii	ahkásaččaide
Locative	ahkásaččas	ahkásaččain
Comitative	ahkásaččain	ahkásaččaiguin
Essive	ahkásažžan

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