jiekŋaáigi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From jiekŋa +‎ áigi.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈjie̯tɲaaːjːkiː/

Noun

jiekŋaáigi

  1. ice age
    Synonym: jiekŋabadji
    • 1994, Aage Solbakk, “Jiekŋaáiggis 1600-lohkui - čoahkkáigeassu”, in Sámi Historjá 1: Vuosttas oassi: Áigodat 1600 - 1751, Davvi Girji, via National Library of Norway, →ISBN, page 12:
      Maŋimus jiekŋaáiggi loahppa sullii 10 000 jagi ovdal Kristusa riegádeami.
      The end of the last ice age around 10,000 years before the birth of Christ.

Inflection

Even i-stem, ig-igg gradation
Nominative jiekŋaáigi
Genitive jiekŋaáiggi
jiekŋaáiggẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative jiekŋaáigi jiekŋaáiggit
Accusative jiekŋaáiggi jiekŋaáiggiid
Genitive jiekŋaáiggi
jiekŋaáiggẹ 		jiekŋaáiggiid
Illative jiekŋaáigái jiekŋaáiggiide
Locative jiekŋaáiggis jiekŋaáiggiin
Comitative jiekŋaáiggiin jiekŋaáiggiiguin
Essive jiekŋaáigin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person jiekŋaáigán jiekŋaáigáme jiekŋaáigámet
2nd person jiekŋaáigát jiekŋaáigáde jiekŋaáigádet
3rd person jiekŋaáigis jiekŋaáigiska jiekŋaáigiset

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
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