See also: cillât

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sillah(t)/

Verb

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cillat

  1. to tinkle, to jingle
    Synonym: skillat

Inflection

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Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
infinitive cillat
1st sing. present cilan
1st sing. past cillen
infinitive cillat action noun cillan
present participle cilˈli action inessive cillamin
cillame
past participle cillan action elative cillamis
agent participle action comitative cillamiin
abessive cilakeahttá
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular cilan cillen cillon
2nd singular cilat cillet cila
3rd singular cillá cilai cillos
1st dual cille cilaime cilˈlu
2nd dual cillabeahtti cilaide cilˈli
3rd dual cillaba cilaiga cilloska
1st plural cillat cilaimet cillot
cilˈlut
2nd plural cillabēhtet cilaidet cillet
cilˈlit
3rd plural cillet cille cilloset
connegative cila cillan cila
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular cilašin
cilašedjen
cilalin
cilaledjen
cilažan
2nd singular cilašit
cilašedjet
cilalit
cilaledjet
cilažat
3rd singular cilašii cilalii cilaža
cilaš
1st dual cilašeimme cilaleimme cilažetne
2nd dual cilašeidde cilaleidde cilažeahppi
3rd dual cilašeigga cilaleigga cilažeaba
1st plural cilašeimmet cilaleimmet cilažit
cilažat
2nd plural cilašeiddet cilaleiddet cilažēhpet
3rd plural cilaše
cilašedje
cilale
cilaledje
cilažit
connegative cilaše cilale cilaš

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