fáŋga

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Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈfaːŋːka/

Noun

fáŋga

  1. prisoner

Inflection

Even a-stem, ŋg-ŋgg gradation
Nominative fáŋga
Genitive fáŋgga
Singular Plural
Nominative fáŋga fáŋggat
Accusative fáŋgga fáŋggaid
Genitive fáŋgga fáŋggaid
Illative fáŋgii fáŋggaide
Locative fáŋggas fáŋggain
Comitative fáŋggain fáŋggaiguin
Essive fáŋgan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person fáŋgan fáŋgame fáŋgamet
2nd person fáŋgat fáŋgade fáŋgadet
3rd person fáŋgas fáŋgaska fáŋgaset

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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