gonagas

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Northern Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *konëŋkēs (“king”), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (“king”).

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkonakas/

Noun

gonagas

  1. king
  2. (chess, king)

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative gonagas
Genitive gonagasa
Singular Plural
Nominative gonagas gonagasat
Accusative gonagasa gonagasaid
Genitive gonagasa gonagasaid
Illative gonagassii gonagasaide
Locative gonagasas gonagasain
Comitative gonagasain gonagasaiguin
Essive gonagassan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gonagassan gonagassame gonagassamet
2nd person gonagassat gonagassade gonagassadet
3rd person gonagassas gonagassaska gonagassaset

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Northern Sami · (layout · text)
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gonagas dronnet toardna viehkki heasta boanda

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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