See also: saldi

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *šëltē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈʃalːtiː/

Noun

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šaldi

  1. bridge

Inflection

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Even i-stem, ld-ldd gradation
Nominative šaldi
Genitive šalddi
šalddẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative šaldi šalddit
Accusative šalddi šalddiid
Genitive šalddi
šalddẹ
šalddiid
Illative šaldái šalddiide
Locative šalddis šalddiin
Comitative šalddiin šalddiiguin
Essive šaldin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person šaldán šaldáme šaldámet
2nd person šaldát šaldáde šaldádet
3rd person šaldis šaldiska šaldiset

Further reading

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  • 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