siekŋa

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sieŋë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsie̯tɲa/

Noun

siekŋa

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Inflection

Even a-stem, kŋ-vŋŋ gradation
Nominative	siekŋa
Genitive	sievŋŋa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	siekŋa	sievŋŋat
Accusative	sievŋŋa	sievŋŋaid
Genitive	sievŋŋa	sievŋŋaid
Illative	sīkŋii	sievŋŋaide
Locative	sievŋŋas	sievŋŋain
Comitative	sievŋŋain	sievŋŋaiguin
Essive	siekŋan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person siekŋan siekŋame siekŋamet 2nd person siekŋat siekŋade siekŋadet 3rd person siekŋas siekŋaska siekŋaset

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