gulcat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkulːt͡sah(t)/

Verb

gulcat

1. to hack

Inflection

Even a-stem, lc-lcc gradation
infinitive	gulcat
1st sing. present	gulccan
1st sing. past	gulcen
infinitive	gulcat	action noun	gulcan
present participle	gulci	action inessive	gulcamin gulcame
past participle	gulcan	action elative	gulcamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	gulcamiin
		abessive	gulccakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	gulccan	gulcen	gulcon
2nd singular	gulccat	gulcet	gulcca
3rd singular	gulcá	gulccai	gulcos
1st dual	gulce	gulccaime	gulcu
2nd dual	gulcabeahtti	gulccaide	gulci
3rd dual	gulcaba	gulccaiga	gulcoska
1st plural	gulcat	gulccaimet	gulcot gulcut
2nd plural	gulcabēhtet	gulccaidet	gulcet gulcit
3rd plural	gulcet	gulce	gulcoset
connegative	gulcca	gulcan	gulcca
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	gulccašin gulccašedjen	gulccalin gulccaledjen	gulccažan
2nd singular	gulccašit gulccašedjet	gulccalit gulccaledjet	gulccažat
3rd singular	gulccašii	gulccalii	gulccaža gulccaš
1st dual	gulccašeimme	gulccaleimme	gulccažetne
2nd dual	gulccašeidde	gulccaleidde	gulccažeahppi
3rd dual	gulccašeigga	gulccaleigga	gulccažeaba
1st plural	gulccašeimmet	gulccaleimmet	gulccažit gulccažat
2nd plural	gulccašeiddet	gulccaleiddet	gulccažēhpet
3rd plural	gulccaše gulccašedje	gulccale gulccaledje	gulccažit
connegative	gulccaše	gulccale	gulccaš

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