beaŋka

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Old Swedish bænker.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpea̯ŋːka/

Noun

beaŋka

1. bench
2. seat

Inflection

Even a-stem, ŋk-ŋkk gradation
Nominative	beaŋka
Genitive	beaŋkka
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	beaŋka	beaŋkkat
Accusative	beaŋkka	beaŋkkaid
Genitive	beaŋkka	beaŋkkaid
Illative	bēŋkii	beaŋkkaide
Locative	beaŋkkas	beaŋkkain
Comitative	beaŋkkain	beaŋkkaiguin
Essive	beaŋkan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person beaŋkan beaŋkame beaŋkamet 2nd person beaŋkat beaŋkade beaŋkadet 3rd person beaŋkas beaŋkaska beaŋkaset

Further reading

• 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