gáisá

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kājsā, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚷᚨᛁᛉᚨᛉ (*gaiʀaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkaːjːsaː/

Noun

gáisá

  1. mountaintop, summit

Inflection

Even á-stem, is-iss gradation
Nominative gáisá
Genitive gáissá
Singular Plural
Nominative gáisá gáissát
Accusative gáissá gáissáid
Genitive gáissá gáissáid
Illative gáisái gáissáide
Locative gáissás gáissáin
Comitative gáissáin gáissáiguin
Essive gáisán
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gáisán gáisáme gáisámet
2nd person gáisát gáisáde gáisádet
3rd person gáisás gáisáska gáisáset

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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