duski

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish tuska.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtusːkiː/

Noun

duski

1. pain, distress
2. anger

Inflection

Even i-stem, sk-skk gradation
Nominative	duski
Genitive	duskki duskkẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	duski	duskkit
Accusative	duskki	duskkiid
Genitive	duskki duskkẹ	duskkiid
Illative	duskái	duskkiide
Locative	duskkis	duskkiin
Comitative	duskkiin	duskkiiguin
Essive	duskin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person duskán duskáme duskámet 2nd person duskát duskáde duskádet 3rd person duskis duskiska duskiset

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