beana

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *peanëk.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpea̯na/

Noun

beana

1. dog

Inflection

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

• 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