salgat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsalːkah(t)/

Verb

salgat

1. to thaw (of a container)

Inflection

Even a-stem, lg-lgg gradation
infinitive	salgat
1st sing. present	salggan
1st sing. past	salgen
infinitive	salgat	action noun	salgan
present participle	salgi	action inessive	salgamin salgame
past participle	salgan	action elative	salgamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	salgamiin
		abessive	salggakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	salggan	salgen	salgon
2nd singular	salggat	salget	salgga
3rd singular	salgá	salggai	salgos
1st dual	salge	salggaime	salgu
2nd dual	salgabeahtti	salggaide	salgi
3rd dual	salgaba	salggaiga	salgoska
1st plural	salgat	salggaimet	salgot salgut
2nd plural	salgabēhtet	salggaidet	salget salgit
3rd plural	salget	salge	salgoset
connegative	salgga	salgan	salgga
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	salggašin salggašedjen	salggalin salggaledjen	salggažan
2nd singular	salggašit salggašedjet	salggalit salggaledjet	salggažat
3rd singular	salggašii	salggalii	salggaža salggaš
1st dual	salggašeimme	salggaleimme	salggažetne
2nd dual	salggašeidde	salggaleidde	salggažeahppi
3rd dual	salggašeigga	salggaleigga	salggažeaba
1st plural	salggašeimmet	salggaleimmet	salggažit salggažat
2nd plural	salggašeiddet	salggaleiddet	salggažēhpet
3rd plural	salggaše salggašedje	salggale salggaledje	salggažit
connegative	salggaše	salggale	salggaš

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