nagir

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nëkēr.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnakiːr/

Noun

nagir

  1. sleep

Inflection

Odd, hk-g gradation
Nominative nagir
Genitive nahkára
Singular Plural
Nominative nagir nahkárat
Accusative nahkára nahkáriid
Genitive nahkára nahkáriid
Illative nahkárii nahkáriidda
Locative nahkáris nahkáriin
Comitative nahkáriin nahkáriiguin
Essive nagirin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person nahkáran nahkáreamẹ nahkáreamẹt
2nd person nahkárat nahkáreattẹ nahkáreattẹt
3rd person nahkáris nahkáreaskkạ nahkáreasẹt

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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