bealgi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pealkē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpea̯lːkiː/

Noun

bealgi

1. thumb

Inflection

Even i-stem, lg-lgg gradation
Nominative	bealgi
Genitive	bealggi bealggẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bealgi	bealggit
Accusative	bealggi	bēlggiid
Genitive	bealggi bealggẹ	bēlggiid
Illative	bealgái	bēlggiide
Locative	bealggis	bēlggiin
Comitative	bēlggiin	bēlggiiguin
Essive	bealgin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bealgán bealgáme bealgámet 2nd person bealgát bealgáde bealgádet 3rd person bealgis bealgiska bealgiset

Further reading

• 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