ruokŋa

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ruoŋë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈruo̯tɲa/

Noun

ruokŋa

1. crust of hardened ice on top of snow
2. lack/absence of snow

Inflection

Even a-stem, kŋ-vŋŋ gradation
Nominative	ruokŋa
Genitive	ruovŋŋa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ruokŋa	ruovŋŋat
Accusative	ruovŋŋa	ruovŋŋaid
Genitive	ruovŋŋa	ruovŋŋaid
Illative	rūkŋii	ruovŋŋaide
Locative	ruovŋŋas	ruovŋŋain
Comitative	ruovŋŋain	ruovŋŋaiguin
Essive	ruokŋan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ruokŋan ruokŋame ruokŋamet 2nd person ruokŋat ruokŋade ruokŋadet 3rd person ruokŋas ruokŋaska ruokŋaset

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