Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From gonagas (king) +‎ nieida (daughter).

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkonaˌkasːnie̯jta/

Noun

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gonagasnieida

  1. princess

Inflection

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Even a-stem, id-idd gradation
Nominative gonagasnieida
Genitive gonagasnieidda
Singular Plural
Nominative gonagasnieida gonagasnieiddat
Accusative gonagasnieidda gonagasnieiddaid
Genitive gonagasnieidda gonagasnieiddaid
Illative gonagasnīidii gonagasnieiddaide
Locative gonagasnieiddas gonagasnieiddain
Comitative gonagasnieiddain gonagasnieiddaiguin
Essive gonagasnieidan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gonagasnieidan gonagasnieidame gonagasnieidamet
2nd person gonagasnieidat gonagasnieidade gonagasnieidadet
3rd person gonagasnieidas gonagasnieidaska gonagasnieidaset

Further reading

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  • 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