Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From jearrat-ldat.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈjea̯raltah(t)/

Noun

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jearaldat

  1. question

Inflection

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Even a-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative jearaldat
Genitive jearaldaga
Singular Plural
Nominative jearaldat jearaldagat
Accusative jearaldaga jearaldagaid
Genitive jearaldaga jearaldagaid
Illative jearaldahkii jearaldagaide
Locative jearaldagas jearaldagain
Comitative jearaldagain jearaldagaiguin
Essive jearaldahkan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person jearaldahkan jearaldahkame jearaldahkamet
2nd person jearaldahkat jearaldahkade jearaldahkadet
3rd person jearaldahkas jearaldahkaska jearaldahkaset

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