haŋŋá

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈhaŋɲaː/

Noun

haŋŋá

1. long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)

Inflection

Even á-stem, no gradation
Nominative	haŋŋá
Genitive	haŋŋá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	haŋŋá	haŋŋát
Accusative	haŋŋá	haŋŋáid
Genitive	haŋŋá	haŋŋáid
Illative	haŋŋái	haŋŋáide
Locative	haŋŋás	haŋŋáin
Comitative	haŋŋáin	haŋŋáiguin
Essive	haŋŋán
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person haŋŋán haŋŋáme haŋŋámet 2nd person haŋŋát haŋŋáde haŋŋádet 3rd person haŋŋás haŋŋáska haŋŋáset

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