Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *ńëlëtēk.

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

njallat

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Inflection edit

Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
infinitive njallat
1st sing. present njalan
1st sing. past njallen
infinitive njallat action noun njallan
present participle njalˈli action inessive njallamin
njallame
past participle njallan action elative njallamis
agent participle action comitative njallamiin
abessive njalakeahttá
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular njalan njallen njallon
2nd singular njalat njallet njala
3rd singular njallá njalai njallos
1st dual njalle njalaime njalˈlu
2nd dual njallabeahtti njalaide njalˈli
3rd dual njallaba njalaiga njalloska
1st plural njallat njalaimet njallot
njalˈlut
2nd plural njallabēhtet njalaidet njallet
njalˈlit
3rd plural njallet njalle njalloset
connegative njala njallan njala
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular njalašin
njalašedjen
njalalin
njalaledjen
njalažan
2nd singular njalašit
njalašedjet
njalalit
njalaledjet
njalažat
3rd singular njalašii njalalii njalaža
njalaš
1st dual njalašeimme njalaleimme njalažetne
2nd dual njalašeidde njalaleidde njalažeahppi
3rd dual njalašeigga njalaleigga njalažeaba
1st plural njalašeimmet njalaleimmet njalažit
njalažat
2nd plural njalašeiddet njalaleiddet njalažēhpet
3rd plural njalaše
njalašedje
njalale
njalaledje
njalažit
connegative njalaše njalale njalaš

Further reading edit

  • 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