iehke

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *eakē.

Noun

iehke

1. paternal uncle older than one's father

Inflection

Even e-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative	iehke
Genitive	iege
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iehke	iege
Accusative	iegev	iegijt
Genitive	iege	iegij
Illative	ähkáj	iegijda
Inessive	iegen	iegijn
Elative	ieges	iegijs
Comitative	iegijn	iegij
Abessive	iegedagá iegedagi	iegijdagá iegijdagi
Essive	iehken
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ähkám ähkáma ähkáma 2nd person ähkát ähkáda ähkáda 3rd person iehkes iehkeska iehkesa

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 *eakē.

Noun

iehke

1. paternal uncle older than one's father

Inflection

Even e-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative	iehke
Genitive	iege
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iehke	iege
Accusative	iegev	egijt
Genitive	iege	egij
Illative	iehkáj	egijda
Inessive	iegen	egijn
Elative	iegest ieges	egijst egijs
Comitative	egijn	egij
Essive	iehken

Further reading

• iehke 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