oalgi

Northern Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *oalkē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈoɑ̯lːkiː/

Noun

oalgi

1. shoulder

   Synonym: hárdu

Inflection

Even i-stem, lg-lgg gradation
Nominative	oalgi
Genitive	oalggi oalggẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oalgi	oalggit
Accusative	oalggi	ōlggiid
Genitive	oalggi oalggẹ	ōlggiid
Illative	oalgái	ōlggiide
Locative	oalggis	ōlggiin
Comitative	ōlggiin	ōlggiiguin
Essive	oalgin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person oalgán oalgáme oalgámet 2nd person oalgát oalgáde oalgádet 3rd person oalgis oalgiska oalgiset

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