beaŋka

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Old Swedish bænker.

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

Noun

beaŋka

  1. bench
  2. seat

Inflection
Even a-stem, ŋk-ŋkk gradation
Nominative beaŋka
Genitive beaŋkka
Singular Plural
Nominative beaŋka beaŋkkat
Accusative beaŋkka beaŋkkaid
Genitive beaŋkka beaŋkkaid
Illative bēŋkii beaŋkkaide
Locative beaŋkkas beaŋkkain
Comitative beaŋkkain beaŋkkaiguin
Essive beaŋkan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person beaŋkan beaŋkame beaŋkamet
2nd person beaŋkat beaŋkade beaŋkadet
3rd person beaŋkas beaŋkaska beaŋkaset

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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