reaŋga

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish dräng.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈrea̯ŋːka/

Noun

reaŋga

1. farmhand

Inflection

Even a-stem, ŋg-ŋgg gradation
Nominative	reaŋga
Genitive	reaŋgga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	reaŋga	reaŋggat
Accusative	reaŋgga	reaŋggaid
Genitive	reaŋgga	reaŋggaid
Illative	rēŋgii	reaŋggaide
Locative	reaŋggas	reaŋggain
Comitative	reaŋggain	reaŋggaiguin
Essive	reaŋgan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person reaŋgan reaŋgame reaŋgamet 2nd person reaŋgat reaŋgade reaŋgadet 3rd person reaŋgas reaŋgaska reaŋgaset

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