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fuolki

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *fuolkkē, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚠᛟᛚᚲᚨ (*folka), from Proto-Germanic *fulką. Related to Ume Sami fuölkkie.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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fuolki

  1. relative, relation

Inflection

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Even i-stem, lk-lkk gradation
Nominative fuolki
Genitive fuolkki
fuolkkẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative fuolki fuolkkit
Accusative fuolkki fūlkkiid
Genitive fuolkki
fuolkkẹ
fūlkkiid
Illative fuolkái fūlkkiide
Locative fuolkkis fūlkkiin
Comitative fūlkkiin fūlkkiiguin
Essive fuolkin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person fuolkán fuolkáme fuolkámet
2nd person fuolkát fuolkáde fuolkádet
3rd person fuolkis fuolkiska fuolkiset

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