biigá

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Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish piika.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpijːkaː/

Noun

biigá

  1. maid (female servant)

Inflection

Even á-stem, ig-igg gradation
Nominative biigá
Genitive biiggá
Singular Plural
Nominative biigá biiggát
Accusative biiggá biiggáid
Genitive biiggá biiggáid
Illative biigái biiggáide
Locative biiggás biiggáin
Comitative biiggáin biiggáiguin
Essive biigán
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person biigán biigáme biigámet
2nd person biigát biigáde biigádet
3rd person biigás biigáska biigáset

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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