gáigá
See also: Gaiga
Northern Sami
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gáigá
Inflection
[edit]| Even á-stem, ig-igg gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | gáigá | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | gáiggá | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | gáigá | gáiggát | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | gáiggá | gáiggáid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | gáiggá | gáiggáid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | gáigái | gáiggáide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | gáiggás | gáiggáin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | gáiggáin | gáiggáiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | gáigán | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- 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