hägga

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *(h)eaŋkë.

Noun

hägga

1. life, being alive

Inflection

Even a-stem, gg-kk gradation
Nominative	hägga
Genitive	hekka
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hägga	hekka
Accusative	hekkav	hekkajt
Genitive	hekka	hekkaj
Illative	häggaj	hekkajda
Inessive	hekkan	hekkajn
Elative	hekkas	hekkajs
Comitative	hekkajn	hekkaj
Abessive	hekkadagá hekkadagi	hekkajdagá hekkajdagi
Essive	häggan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person häggam häggama häggama 2nd person häggat häggada häggada 3rd person häggas häggaska häggasa

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

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *(h)eaŋkë.

Noun

hägˈga

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Inflection

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Further reading

• hägga in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland