ка̄рнас

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Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from kārnas according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kārënës, Proto-Uralic *karne.

Cognates include Skolt Sami käärnõs, Kildin Sami ка̄рьнэсь (kār’nes’) and Northern Sami gáranas.

Pronunciation

Noun

ка̄рнас (kārnas)

  1. raven
    Synonym: карнэсь (karnes’)

Inflection

Inflection of ка̄рнас
Nominative ка̄рнас (kārnas)
Genitive
singular plural
Nominative ка̄рнас (kārnas)
Accusative
Genitive
Illative карнсата (karnsata)
Locative
Comitative
Abessive
Essive
Partitive

Further reading

  • P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 86