jiegge

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Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *jeaŋkē.

Noun

jiegge

  1. marsh, bog

Inflection

Even e-stem, gg-kk gradation
Nominative jiegge
Genitive jiekke
Singular Plural
Nominative jiegge jiekke
Accusative jiekkev jiekkijt
Genitive jiekke jiekkij
Illative jäggáj jiekkijda
Inessive jiekken jiekkijn
Elative jiekkes jiekkijs
Comitative jiekkijn jiekkij
Abessive jiekkedagá
jiekkedagi 		jiekkijdagá
jiekkijdagi
Essive jieggen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person jäggám jäggáma jäggáma
2nd person jäggát jäggáda jäggáda
3rd person jiegges jieggeska jieggesa

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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