nealgi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nealkē.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnea̯lːkiː/

Noun

nealgi

  1. hunger

Inflection
Even i-stem, lg-lgg gradation
Nominative nealgi
Genitive nealggi
nealggẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative nealgi nealggit
Accusative nealggi nēlggiid
Genitive nealggi
nealggẹ		 nēlggiid
Illative nealgái nēlggiide
Locative nealggis nēlggiin
Comitative nēlggiin nēlggiiguin
Essive nealgin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person nealgán nealgáme nealgámet
2nd person nealgát nealgáde nealgádet
3rd person nealgis nealgiska nealgiset

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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