sealgi

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Samic *sealkē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sealgi

  1. back

Inflection

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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

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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