gáranas

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kārënës, from Proto-Uralic *karne.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːranas/

Noun

gáranas

1. raven

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative	gáranas
Genitive	gáranasa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gáranas	gáranasat
Accusative	gáranasa	gáranasaid
Genitive	gáranasa	gáranasaid
Illative	gáranassii	gáranasaide
Locative	gáranasas	gáranasain
Comitative	gáranasain	gáranasaiguin
Essive	gáranassan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gáranassan gáranassame gáranassamet 2nd person gáranassat gáranassade gáranassadet 3rd person gáranassas gáranassaska gáranassaset

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