jalga

See also: jālga

Estonian

Noun

jalga

partitive singular of jalg
illative singular of jalg

Karelian

Regional variants of *jalga*
North Karelian (Viena)	jalka
South Karelian (Tver)	jalga

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jalka. Cognates include Finnish jalka and Estonian jalg.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjɑlɡɑ/
Hyphenation: jal‧ga

Noun

jalga (genitive jalan, partitive jalgua)

(South Karelian) foot, leg

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of jalga (type 4/kala g- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	jalga	jalat
genitive	jalan	jaloin
partitive	jalgua	jalgoida
illative	jalgah	jalgoih
inessive	jalašša	jaloissa
elative	jalašta	jaloista
adessive	jalalla	jaloilla
ablative	jalalda	jaloilda
translative	jalakši	jaloiksi
essive	jalgana	jalgoina
comitative	jalanke	jaloinke
abessive	jalatta	jaloitta

Possessive forms of jalga
1st person	jalgani
2nd person	jalgaš
3rd person	jalgah
^*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

A. V. Punzhina (1994) “jalga”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈjalːka/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *jëlkë.

Noun

jalga

plain (flat expanse)

Inflection

Even a-stem, lg-lgg gradation

Nominative

jalga

Genitive

Singular

Plural

Nominative

jalga

Accusative

Genitive

Illative

Locative

Comitative

Essive

Possessive forms
	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	jalgan	jalgame	jalgamet
2nd person	jalgat	jalgade	jalgadet
3rd person	jalgas	jalgaska	jalgaset

Derived terms

jalgat

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

jalga

attributive form of jalgat

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