nealgi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nealkē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nealgi

1. hunger

Inflection

Even i-stem, lg-lgg gradation
Nominative	nealgi
Genitive	nealggi nealggẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nealgi	nealggit
Accusative	nealggi	nēlggiid
Genitive	nealggi nealggẹ	nēlggiid
Illative	nealgái	nēlggiide
Locative	nealggis	nēlggiin
Comitative	nēlggiin	nēlggiiguin
Essive	nealgin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person nealgán nealgáme nealgámet 2nd person nealgát nealgáde nealgádet 3rd person nealgis nealgiska nealgiset

Derived terms

• nealgut

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