dihkke

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tikkē.

Noun

dihkke

1. louse

Inflection

Even e-stem, hkk-hk gradation
Nominative	dihkke
Genitive	dihke
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dihkke	dihke
Accusative	dihkev	dihkijt
Genitive	dihke	dihkij
Illative	dihkkáj	dihkijda
Inessive	dihken	dihkijn
Elative	dihkes	dihkijs
Comitative	dihkijn	dihkij
Abessive	dihkedagá dihkedagi	dihkijdagá dihkijdagi
Essive	dihkken
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dihkkám dihkkáma dihkkáma 2nd person dihkkát dihkkáda dihkkáda 3rd person dihkkes dihkkeska dihkkesa

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

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tikkē.

Noun

dihkke

1. louse

Inflection

Even e-stem, hkk-hk gradation
Nominative	dihkke
Genitive	dihke
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dihkke	dihke
Accusative	dihkev	dihkijt
Genitive	dihke	dihkij
Illative	dihkkáj	dihkijda
Inessive	dihken	dihkijn
Elative	dihkest dihkes	dihkijst dihkijs
Comitative	dihkijn	dihkij
Essive	dihkken

Further reading

• dihkke in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland