gádja

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkaːɟɟa/

Noun

gádja

  1. loud noise
  2. echo

Inflection
Even a-stem, dj-j gradation
Nominative gádja
Genitive gája
Singular Plural
Nominative gádja gájat
Accusative gája gájaid
Genitive gája gájaid
Illative gádjii gájaide
Locative gájas gájain
Comitative gájain gájaiguin
Essive gádjan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gádjan gádjame gádjamet
2nd person gádjat gádjade gádjadet
3rd person gádjas gádjaska gádjaset

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