njáhká

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈɲaːhkaː/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Inari Sami njäähi.

Noun

njáhká

1. burbot

Inflection

Even á-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative	njáhká
Genitive	njágá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	njáhká	njágát
Accusative	njágá	njágáid
Genitive	njágá	njágáid
Illative	njáhkái	njágáide
Locative	njágás	njágáin
Comitative	njágáin	njágáiguin
Essive	njáhkán
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person njáhkán njáhkáme njáhkámet 2nd person njáhkát njáhkáde njáhkádet 3rd person njáhkás njáhkáska njáhkáset

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

njáhká

1. third-person singular present indicative of njáhkat