Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *peanëk.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpea̯na/

Noun edit

beana

  1. dog

Inflection edit

Odd, tn-n gradation
Nominative beana
Genitive beatnaga
Singular Plural
Nominative beana beatnagat
Accusative beatnaga beatnagiid
Genitive beatnaga beatnagiid
Illative beatnagii beatnagiidda
Locative beatnagis beatnagiin
Comitative beatnagiin beatnagiiguin
Essive beanan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person beatnagan beatnageamẹ beatnageamẹt
2nd person beatnagat beatnageattẹ beatnageattẹt
3rd person beatnagis beatnageaskkạ beatnageasẹt

Further reading edit

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland