jiekŋa

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *jieŋë, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *jäŋe.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈjie̯tɲa/

Noun

jiekŋa

1. ice

Inflection

Even a-stem, kŋ-vŋŋ gradation
Nominative	jiekŋa
Genitive	jievŋŋa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	jiekŋa	jievŋŋat
Accusative	jievŋŋa	jievŋŋaid
Genitive	jievŋŋa	jievŋŋaid
Illative	jīkŋii	jievŋŋaide
Locative	jievŋŋas	jievŋŋain
Comitative	jievŋŋain	jievŋŋaiguin
Essive	jiekŋan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person jiekŋan jiekŋame jiekŋamet 2nd person jiekŋat jiekŋade jiekŋadet 3rd person jiekŋas jiekŋaska jiekŋaset

Derived terms

• jiekŋaáigi
• jiekŋabadji

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