vealgi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vealkē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vealgi

1. debt

Inflection

Even i-stem, lg-lgg gradation
Nominative	vealgi
Genitive	vealggi vealggẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vealgi	vealggit
Accusative	vealggi	vēlggiid
Genitive	vealggi vealggẹ	vēlggiid
Illative	vealgái	vēlggiide
Locative	vealggis	vēlggiin
Comitative	vēlggiin	vēlggiiguin
Essive	vealgin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person vealgán vealgáme vealgámet 2nd person vealgát vealgáde vealgádet 3rd person vealgis vealgiska vealgiset

Derived terms

• vealgut

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