gádja

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːɟɟa/

Noun

gádja

1. loud noise
2. echo

Inflection

Even a-stem, dj-j gradation
Nominative	gádja
Genitive	gája
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gádja	gájat
Accusative	gája	gájaid
Genitive	gája	gájaid
Illative	gádjii	gájaide
Locative	gájas	gájain
Comitative	gájain	gájaiguin
Essive	gádjan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gádjan gádjame gádjamet 2nd person gádjat gádjade gádjadet 3rd person gádjas gádjaska gádjaset

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