cullat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

cullat

1. to lull, to caress

Inflection

Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
infinitive	cullat
1st sing. present	culan
1st sing. past	cullen
infinitive	cullat	action noun	cullan
present participle	culˈli	action inessive	cullamin cullame
past participle	cullan	action elative	cullamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	cullamiin
		abessive	culakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	culan	cullen	cullon
2nd singular	culat	cullet	cula
3rd singular	cullá	culai	cullos
1st dual	culle	culaime	culˈlu
2nd dual	cullabeahtti	culaide	culˈli
3rd dual	cullaba	culaiga	culloska
1st plural	cullat	culaimet	cullot culˈlut
2nd plural	cullabēhtet	culaidet	cullet culˈlit
3rd plural	cullet	culle	culloset
connegative	cula	cullan	cula
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	culašin culašedjen	culalin culaledjen	culažan
2nd singular	culašit culašedjet	culalit culaledjet	culažat
3rd singular	culašii	culalii	culaža culaš
1st dual	culašeimme	culaleimme	culažetne
2nd dual	culašeidde	culaleidde	culažeahppi
3rd dual	culašeigga	culaleigga	culažeaba
1st plural	culašeimmet	culaleimmet	culažit culažat
2nd plural	culašeiddet	culaleiddet	culažēhpet
3rd plural	culaše culašedje	culale culaledje	culažit
connegative	culaše	culale	culaš

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