jokŋa

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *joŋë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈjotɲa/

Noun

jokŋa

1. lingonberry, cowberry

Inflection

Even a-stem, kŋ-vŋŋ gradation
Nominative	jokŋa
Genitive	jovŋŋa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	jokŋa	jovŋŋat
Accusative	jovŋŋa	jovŋŋaid
Genitive	jovŋŋa	jovŋŋaid
Illative	jokŋii	jovŋŋaide
Locative	jovŋŋas	jovŋŋain
Comitative	jovŋŋain	jovŋŋaiguin
Essive	jokŋan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person jokŋan jokŋame jokŋamet 2nd person jokŋat jokŋade jokŋadet 3rd person jokŋas jokŋaska jokŋaset

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