Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From a North Germanic language, compare Swedish säng.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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seaŋga

  1. bed

Inflection

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Even a-stem, ŋg-ŋgg gradation
Nominative seaŋga
Genitive seaŋgga
Singular Plural
Nominative seaŋga seaŋggat
Accusative seaŋgga seaŋggaid
Genitive seaŋgga seaŋggaid
Illative sēŋgii seaŋggaide
Locative seaŋggas seaŋggain
Comitative seaŋggain seaŋggaiguin
Essive seaŋgan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person seaŋgan seaŋgame seaŋgamet
2nd person seaŋgat seaŋgade seaŋgadet
3rd person seaŋgas seaŋgaska seaŋgaset

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