gáigá

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːjːkaː/

Noun

gáigá

1. fool

Inflection

Even á-stem, ig-igg gradation
Nominative	gáigá
Genitive	gáiggá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gáigá	gáiggát
Accusative	gáiggá	gáiggáid
Genitive	gáiggá	gáiggáid
Illative	gáigái	gáiggáide
Locative	gáiggás	gáiggáin
Comitative	gáiggáin	gáiggáiguin
Essive	gáigán
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gáigán gáigáme gáigámet 2nd person gáigát gáigáde gáigádet 3rd person gáigás gáigáska gáigáset

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