jalga

See also: jālga

Estonian

Noun

jalga

1. partitive singular of jalg
2. illative singular of jalg

Karelian

Regional variants of jalga

North Karelian (Viena)	jalka
South Karelian (Tver)	jalga

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jalka. Cognates include Finnish jalka and Estonian jalg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑlɡɑ/
• Hyphenation: jal‧ga

Noun

jalga (genitive jalan, partitive jalgua)

1. (South Karelian) foot, leg

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of jalga (type 4/kala g- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	jalga	jalat
genitive	jalan	jaloin
partitive	jalgua	jalgoida
illative	jalgah	jalgoih
inessive	jalašša	jaloissa
elative	jalašta	jaloista
adessive	jalalla	jaloilla
ablative	jalalda	jaloilda
translative	jalakši	jaloiksi
essive	jalgana	jalgoina
comitative	jalanke	jaloinke
abessive	jalatta	jaloitta
prolative	jalačči	jaloičči
instructive	—	jaloin

Possessive forms of jalga
1st person	jalgani
2nd person	jalgaš
3rd person	jalgah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994), “jalga”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈjalːka/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *jëlkë.

Noun

jalga

1. plain (flat expanse)

Inflection

Even a-stem, lg-lgg gradation
Nominative	jalga
Genitive	jalgga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	jalga	jalggat
Accusative	jalgga	jalggaid
Genitive	jalgga	jalggaid
Illative	jalgii	jalggaide
Locative	jalggas	jalggain
Comitative	jalggain	jalggaiguin
Essive	jalgan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person jalgan jalgame jalgamet 2nd person jalgat jalgade jalgadet 3rd person jalgas jalgaska jalgaset

Derived terms

• jalgat

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

jalga

1. attributive form of jalgat