boagán

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpoɑ̯kaːn/

Noun

boagán

1. belt

Inflection

Odd, hk-g gradation
Nominative	boagán
Genitive	boahkána
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	boagán	boahkánat
Accusative	boahkána	boahkániid
Genitive	boahkána	boahkániid
Illative	boahkánii	boahkániidda
Locative	boahkánis	boahkániin
Comitative	boahkániin	boahkániiguin
Essive	boagánin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person boahkánan boahkáneamẹ boahkáneamẹt 2nd person boahkánat boahkáneattẹ boahkáneattẹt 3rd person boahkánis boahkáneaskkạ boahkáneasẹt

Derived terms

• boahkánastit

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