sealgi

Northern Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *sealkē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sealgi

1. back

Inflection

Even i-stem, lg-lgg gradation
Nominative	sealgi
Genitive	sealggi sealggẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sealgi	sealggit
Accusative	sealggi	sēlggiid
Genitive	sealggi sealggẹ	sēlggiid
Illative	sealgái	sēlggiide
Locative	sealggis	sēlggiin
Comitative	sēlggiin	sēlggiiguin
Essive	sealgin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sealgán sealgáme sealgámet 2nd person sealgát sealgáde sealgádet 3rd person sealgis sealgiska sealgiset

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