Northern Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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gulcat

  1. to hack

Inflection

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Even a-stem, lc-lcc gradation
infinitive gulcat
1st sing. present gulccan
1st sing. past gulcen
infinitive gulcat action noun gulcan
present participle gulci action inessive gulcamin
gulcame
past participle gulcan action elative gulcamis
agent participle action comitative gulcamiin
abessive gulccakeahttá
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular gulccan gulcen gulcon
2nd singular gulccat gulcet gulcca
3rd singular gulcá gulccai gulcos
1st dual gulce gulccaime gulcu
2nd dual gulcabeahtti gulccaide gulci
3rd dual gulcaba gulccaiga gulcoska
1st plural gulcat gulccaimet gulcot
gulcut
2nd plural gulcabēhtet gulccaidet gulcet
gulcit
3rd plural gulcet gulce gulcoset
connegative gulcca gulcan gulcca
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular gulccašin
gulccašedjen
gulccalin
gulccaledjen
gulccažan
2nd singular gulccašit
gulccašedjet
gulccalit
gulccaledjet
gulccažat
3rd singular gulccašii gulccalii gulccaža
gulccaš
1st dual gulccašeimme gulccaleimme gulccažetne
2nd dual gulccašeidde gulccaleidde gulccažeahppi
3rd dual gulccašeigga gulccaleigga gulccažeaba
1st plural gulccašeimmet gulccaleimmet gulccažit
gulccažat
2nd plural gulccašeiddet gulccaleiddet gulccažēhpet
3rd plural gulccaše
gulccašedje
gulccale
gulccaledje
gulccažit
connegative gulccaše gulccale gulccaš

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