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nielgge

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Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *nealkē.

Noun

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nielgge

  1. hunger

Inflection

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Even e-stem, lgg-lg gradation
Nominative nielgge
Genitive nielge
Singular Plural
Nominative nielgge nielge
Accusative nielgev nielgijt
Genitive nielge nielgij
Illative nälggáj nielgijda
Inessive nielgen nielgijn
Elative nielges nielgijs
Comitative nielgijn nielgij
Abessive nielgedagá
nielgedagi
nielgijdagá
nielgijdagi
Essive nielggen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person nälggám nälggáma nälggáma
2nd person nälggát nälggáda nälggáda
3rd person nielgges nielggeska nielggesa

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