jalga

See also: jālga

Estonian

Noun

jalga

  1. partitive singular of jalg
  2. illative singular of jalg

Karelian
Regional variants of jalga
North Karelian
(Viena)		 jalka
South Karelian
(Tver)		 jalga

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jalka. Cognates include Finnish jalka and Estonian jalg.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑlɡɑ/
  • Hyphenation: jal‧ga

Noun

jalga (genitive jalan, partitive jalgua)

  1. (South Karelian) foot, leg

Declension
Tver Karelian declension of jalga (type 4/kala g- gradation)
singular plural
nominative jalga jalat
genitive jalan jaloin
partitive jalgua jalgoida
illative jalgah jalgoih
inessive jalašša jaloissa
elative jalašta jaloista
adessive jalalla jaloilla
ablative jalalda jaloilda
translative jalakši jaloiksi
essive jalgana jalgoina
comitative jalanke jaloinke
comitative jalatta jaloitta
Possessive forms of jalga
1st person jalgani
2nd person jalgaš
3rd person jalgah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References
  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “jalga”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Northern Sami

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *jëlkë.

Noun

jalga

  1. plain (flat expanse)
Inflection
Even a-stem, lg-lgg gradation
Nominative jalga
Genitive jalgga
Singular Plural
Nominative jalga jalggat
Accusative jalgga jalggaid
Genitive jalgga jalggaid
Illative jalgii jalggaide
Locative jalggas jalggain
Comitative jalggain jalggaiguin
Essive jalgan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person jalgan jalgame jalgamet
2nd person jalgat jalgade jalgadet
3rd person jalgas jalgaska jalgaset
Derived terms
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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

jalga

  1. attributive form of jalgat
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