heagga

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *heaŋkë, from Proto-Finnic *henki.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

heagga

  1. spirit
  2. life
  3. creature
  4. body

Inflection

Even a-stem, gg-kk gradation
Nominative heagga
Genitive heakka
Singular Plural
Nominative heagga heakkat
Accusative heakka heakkaid
Genitive heakka heakkaid
Illative hēggii heakkaide
Locative heakkas heakkain
Comitative heakkain heakkaiguin
Essive heaggan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person heaggan heaggame heaggamet
2nd person heaggat heaggade heaggadet
3rd person heaggas heaggaska heaggaset

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