"-a" meaning in Northern Sami

See -a in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈ-a/ [Kautokeino]
Etymology: From Proto-Samic *-ëk. Cognate with Finnish -e. Etymology templates: {{inh|se|smi-pro|*-ëk}} Proto-Samic *-ëk, {{cog|fi|-e}} Finnish -e Head templates: {{head|se|suffix|with odd-syllable stems|-at|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -a (with odd-syllable stems -at) Inflection templates: {{se-infl-noun-odd|-ag}} Forms: -at [with-odd-syllable-stems], no-table-tags [table-tags], -at [nominative, singular], -agat [nominative, plural], -aga [accusative, singular], -agiid [accusative, plural], -aga [genitive, singular], -agiid [genitive, plural], -agii [illative, singular], -agiidda [illative, plural], -agis [locative, singular], -agiin [locative, plural], -agiin [comitative, singular], -agiiguin [comitative, plural], -agin [essive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -agan [first-person, possessive, singular], -ageamẹ [dual, first-person, possessive], -ageamẹt [first-person, plural, possessive], -agat [possessive, second-person, singular], -ageattẹ [dual, possessive, second-person], -ageattẹt [plural, possessive, second-person], -agis [possessive, singular, third-person], -ageaskkạ [dual, possessive, third-person], -ageasẹt [plural, possessive, third-person]
  1. Forms nouns from verbs, indicating something used for performing the verb. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-se-suffix-eocXRM1r Categories (other): Northern Sami entries with incorrect language header, Northern Sami entries with inflection not matching pagename Disambiguation of Northern Sami entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Northern Sami entries with inflection not matching pagename: 51 49
  2. Forms nouns from verbs, indicating something that results from having the verb's action performed. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-se-suffix-YBY9C8qa Categories (other): Northern Sami entries with incorrect language header, Northern Sami entries with inflection not matching pagename Disambiguation of Northern Sami entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Northern Sami entries with inflection not matching pagename: 51 49
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Northern Sami dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.