gonagas

Northern Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *konëŋkēs (“king”), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (“king”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkonakas/

Noun

gonagas

1. king
2. (chess, king)

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative	gonagas
Genitive	gonagasa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gonagas	gonagasat
Accusative	gonagasa	gonagasaid
Genitive	gonagasa	gonagasaid
Illative	gonagassii	gonagasaide
Locative	gonagasas	gonagasain
Comitative	gonagasain	gonagasaiguin
Essive	gonagassan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gonagassan gonagassame gonagassamet 2nd person gonagassat gonagassade gonagassadet 3rd person gonagassas gonagassaska gonagassaset

Derived terms

• gonagasnieida

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