Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From gahčat +‎ -ldat.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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gažaldat

  1. question

Inflection

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Even a-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative gažaldat
Genitive gažaldaga
Singular Plural
Nominative gažaldat gažaldagat
Accusative gažaldaga gažaldagaid
Genitive gažaldaga gažaldagaid
Illative gažaldahkii gažaldagaide
Locative gažaldagas gažaldagain
Comitative gažaldagain gažaldagaiguin
Essive gažaldahkan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gažaldahkan gažaldahkame gažaldahkamet
2nd person gažaldahkat gažaldahkade gažaldahkadet
3rd person gažaldahkas gažaldahkaska gažaldahkaset

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