Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian oksygen.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈokːsykeːna/

Noun

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oksygēna

  1. oxygen
    Synonym: suvrra

Inflection

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Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative oksygēna
Genitive oksygēna
Singular Plural
Nominative oksygēna oksygēnat
Accusative oksygēna oksygēnaid
Genitive oksygēna oksygēnaid
Illative oksygēnii oksygēnaide
Locative oksygēnas oksygēnain
Comitative oksygēnain oksygēnaiguin
Essive oksygēnan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person oksygēnan oksygēname oksygēnamet
2nd person oksygēnat oksygēnade oksygēnadet
3rd person oksygēnas oksygēnaska oksygēnaset
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Further reading

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  • 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