jorgalit

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *jorkëlētēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

jorgalit

1. to turn, to turn over
2. to turn around, to turn back
3. to translate
4. to convert, to transform, to change
5. to convert (religiously)

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
infinitive	jorgalit
1st sing. present	jorgalan
1st sing. past	jorgalin jorgaledjen
infinitive	jorgalit	action noun	jorgaleapmi
present participle	jorgaleaddji	action inessive	jorgaleamen jorgaleame
past participle	jorgalan	action elative	jorgaleamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	jorgalēmiin
		abessive	jorgalkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	jorgalan	jorgalin jorgaledjen	jorgalēhkon
2nd singular	jorgalat	jorgalit jorgaledjet	jorgal
3rd singular	jorgala	jorgalii	jorgalēhkos jorgalus
1st dual	jorgaletne	jorgaleimme	jorgaleadnu
2nd dual	jorgaleahppi	jorgaleidde	jorgaleahkki
3rd dual	jorgaleaba	jorgaleigga	jorgalēhkoska
1st plural	jorgalit jorgalat	jorgaleimmet	jorgalēhkot jorgaleatnot
2nd plural	jorgalēhpet	jorgaleiddet	jorgalēhket
3rd plural	jorgalit	jorgale jorgaledje	jorgalēhkoset
connegative	jorgal	jorgalan	jorgal
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	jorgalivččen	—	jorgaleaččan
2nd singular	jorgalivččet	—	jorgaleaččat
3rd singular	jorgalivččii	—	jorgaleš jorgaleaš jorgaleažžá
1st dual	jorgalivččiime	—	jorgaležže
2nd dual	jorgalivččiide	—	jorgaleažžabeahtti
3rd dual	jorgalivččiiga	—	jorgaleažžaba
1st plural	jorgalivččiimet	—	jorgaleažžat
2nd plural	jorgalivččiidet	—	jorgaleažžabehtet
3rd plural	jorgalivčče	—	jorgaležžet
connegative	jorgalivčče	—	jorgaleš jorgaleaš jorgaleačča

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