Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *seaptē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsea̯kːtiː/

Noun

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seakti

  1. bait

Inflection

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Even i-stem, kt-vtt gradation
Nominative seakti
Genitive seavtti
seavttẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative seakti seavttit
Accusative seavtti sēvttiid
Genitive seavtti
seavttẹ
sēvttiid
Illative seaktái sēvttiide
Locative seavttis sēvttiin
Comitative sēvttiin sēvttiiguin
Essive seaktin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person seaktán seaktáme seaktámet
2nd person seaktát seaktáde seaktádet
3rd person seaktis seaktiska seaktiset

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