Inari Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *nealkē.

Noun edit

nelgi

  1. hunger

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, lˈg-lg gradation
Nominative nelgi
Genitive neelgi
Singular Plural
Nominative nelgi neelgih
Accusative neelgi neelgijd
Genitive neelgi nelgij
neelgij
Illative niälgán nelgijd
Locative neelgist neelgijn
Comitative nelgijn nelgijguin
Abessive nelgittáá nelgijttáá
Essive nelgin
Partitive nelgid
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

Further reading edit

  • 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