áksi

See also: aksi

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈaːkːsiː/

Noun

áksi

1. frontal bone of a reindeer

Inflection

Even i-stem, ks-vss gradation
Nominative	áksi
Genitive	ávssi ávssẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	áksi	ávssit
Accusative	ávssi	ávssiid
Genitive	ávssi ávssẹ	ávssiid
Illative	áksái	ávssiide
Locative	ávssis	ávssiin
Comitative	ávssiin	ávssiiguin
Essive	áksin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person áksán áksáme áksámet 2nd person áksát áksáde áksádet 3rd person áksis áksiska áksiset

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