siegŋa

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Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *sieŋë.

Noun

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siegŋa

  1. nostril

Inflection

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Even a-stem, -ŋ gradation
Nominative siegŋa
Genitive sieŋa
Singular Plural
Nominative siegŋa sieŋa
Accusative sieŋav sieŋajt
Genitive sieŋa sieŋaj
Illative siegŋaj sieŋajda
Inessive sieŋan sieŋajn
Elative sieŋas sieŋajs
Comitative sieŋajn sieŋaj
Abessive sieŋadagá
sieŋadagi
sieŋajdagá
sieŋajdagi
Essive siegŋan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person siegŋam siegŋama siegŋama
2nd person siegŋat siegŋada siegŋada
3rd person siegŋas siegŋaska siegŋasa

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