šaldi

See also: saldi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *šëltē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈʃalːtiː/

Noun

šaldi

1. bridge

Inflection

Even i-stem, ld-ldd gradation
Nominative	šaldi
Genitive	šalddi šalddẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	šaldi	šalddit
Accusative	šalddi	šalddiid
Genitive	šalddi šalddẹ	šalddiid
Illative	šaldái	šalddiide
Locative	šalddis	šalddiin
Comitative	šalddiin	šalddiiguin
Essive	šaldin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person šaldán šaldáme šaldámet 2nd person šaldát šaldáde šaldádet 3rd person šaldis šaldiska šaldiset

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