gába

gába

See also: gaba, GABA, and Gaba

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāpëk.

Noun

gába

1. young adult girl or boy, who is considered capable of making their own decisions

Inflection

Odd, hp-b gradation
Nominative	gába
Genitive	gáhpaga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gába	gáhpaga
Accusative	gáhpagav	gáhpagijt
Genitive	gáhpaga	gáhpagij
Illative	gáhpagij	gáhpagijda
Inessive	gáhpagin	gáhpagijn
Elative	gáhpagis	gáhpagijs
Comitative	gáhpagijn	gáhpagij
Abessive	gáhpagadagá gáhpagadagi	gáhpagijdagá gáhpagijdagi
Essive	gában gáhpagin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gáhpagim gáhpagam gáhpagimme gáhpagimme 2nd person gáhpagit gáhpagat gáhpagihtte gáhpagihtte 3rd person gáhpagis gáhpagiska gáhpagisá

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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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāpëk.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːpa/

Noun

gába

1. capable woman

Inflection

Odd, hp-b gradation
Nominative	gába
Genitive	gáhpaga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gába	gáhpagat
Accusative	gáhpaga	gáhpagiid
Genitive	gáhpaga	gáhpagiid
Illative	gáhpagii	gáhpagiidda
Locative	gáhpagis	gáhpagiin
Comitative	gáhpagiin	gáhpagiiguin
Essive	gában
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gáhpagan gáhpageamẹ gáhpageamẹt 2nd person gáhpagat gáhpageattẹ gáhpageattẹt 3rd person gáhpagis gáhpageaskkạ gáhpageasẹt

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