sáiti

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sājttē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːjːtiː/

Noun

sáiti

1. spear
   • 1854, Wilhelm Andreas Wekselsest, translated by Nils Vibe Stockfleth, Ucca bibbalhistoriaš manaidi‎^[1], page 94:

     manne du hærra gonagas ik don varjal? gost læ gonagas saitte ja čaccelitte?

     [manne du hearrá gonagasa it don várjal? gos lea gonagasa sáiti ja čáhcelihtti?]

     [original: hvorfor bevarer du ikke din Herre, Kongen? hvor er Kongens Spyd og Vandkrukke?]

     why doth thou not guard thine lord, the king? where is the spear and water jug of the king?

   • 1994 February 3, Mikkel Magnus Utsi, “Máret muittaša Ruonáeatnama - gosa mánnán jođii bohccuiguin: Páfinslándda mátkkošteaddji”, in Áššu‎^[2], page 13:

     Go guolli ollii lahka, de čuggejedje sáittiin mas lei goanstta mii cikcii guoli birra go sáiti deaivvai.

     When the fish drew near, they stabbed it with a spear that had a trick that squeezed around the fish when the spear hit.

   • 2017, SlinCraze (lyrics and music), “Sáittit”‎^[3]:

     Du sánit dego sáittit / Du sánit dego sáittit / Du sánit dego sáittit / Čuggot mu, čuggot mu, goddet mu álkit

     Your words are like spears / Your words are like spears / Your words are like spears / Stabbing me, stabbing me, easily killing me

Inflection

Even i-stem, it-itt gradation
Nominative	sáiti
Genitive	sáitti sáittẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sáiti	sáittit
Accusative	sáitti	sáittiid
Genitive	sáitti sáittẹ	sáittiid
Illative	sáitái	sáittiide
Locative	sáittis	sáittiin
Comitative	sáittiin	sáittiiguin
Essive	sáitin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sáitán sáitáme sáitámet 2nd person sáitát sáitáde sáitádet 3rd person sáitis sáitiska sáitiset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[4], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland