Inari Sámi NLP Grammar

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Inflection lexica for Inari Saami verbs

This file contains the morphology for the Inari Saami verbs.

The morphophonological processes are governed by triggers. When there are more triggers, tney must be ordered as follows (where {A,B} C means A or B, thereafter C):

{SV,ÁE,ÁI} {EA,SC} FCD {WG,CSH} CLEN {VHIGH,VBACK} {RVSH,RLEN} EA {SLEN,SVSH} SVLOW

Overview of the file

  1. Auxiliaries
  2. NEG
  3. LEDE
  4. 2-syllabic: 2SYLL_ etc. (classified according to infinitive suffix)
  5. 3-syllabic
  6. 4-syllabic
  7. Unclassified: verbstems, 3v, 4v

A note on morphophonology: The consonant gradation setup for verbs is to a certain extent different from the one for nouns. For the nouns, the stem vowel is part of the stem, whereas for the verbs, the stem vowel is added here in the affixes file.

Auxiliaries

LEXICON NEG = lists all forms of the negation verb

LEXICON LEDE = lists all forms of the copula

The regular verbs

Order of lexica

We present lexica for even, odd and contracted stems. Finally come lexica for flag diacritica.

Transitivity: Lexica marked _IV and _TV get +IV and +TV tags before being redirected to common inflection.

Within each lexicon, the suffixes are ordered as follows:

  1. Infinites
  2. Indicative
  3. Conditional
  4. Potential
  5. Derivations

Even-syllable stems

AD verbs (verbs ending in -âđ)

LEXICON 2SYLL_HAAHAD

LEXICON 2SYLL_AASSAD ( 48 verbs)

Full paradigms

LEXICON 2SYLL_VIEZZAD

LEXICON 2SYLL_SPELLAD

Similar to 2SYLL_ETTAD, but less CSH, don’t know yet how much. 20 verbs

LEXICON 2SYLL_VIHKAD

LEXICON 2SYLL_ETTAD

LEXICON 2SYLL_KAVNAD

LEXICON 2SYLL_KALGAD (only TV)

LEXICON 2SYLL_KOLGAD

LEXICON 2SYLL_COGGAD

LEXICON 2SYLL_KULGAD

Distinct from SODDAD with short vowel in past tense (du) Turns out it was not distinct after all. Preper for fusing KULGAD and SODDAD

** LEXICON EVEN_PRT_KULGAD

LEXICON 2SYLL_SODDAD

LEXICON 2SYLL_TOOLLAD (12 verbs)

LEXICON 2SYLL_OPPAD

suggested stem = tuáll Impossible to see the differences in diphtong length

LEXICON 2SYLL_TOOHAD 38 verbs

LEXICON 2SYLL_MMOONNAD 24 verbs

nuuvâ, iige noovâ

LEXICON 2SYLL_VIIRRAD

LEXICON 2SYLL_VIISSAD

LEXICON 2SYLL_CIEPPAD like 2SYLL_KIESSAD but less CSH 4 verbs. 34 verbs

LEXICON 2SYLL_KIESSAD

LEXICON 2SYLL_VUOLLAD ye to ua vyešš 71 verbs

LEXICON 2SYLL_LUOIKKAD RUOTTAD_LUOIKKAD, passive, no Der/l, otherw like ruottad, 3 verbs

LEXICON 2SYLL_RUOTTAD

LEXICON 2SYLL_LUOIKKAD, no passive

ED verbs

LEXICON 2SYLL_KALVED kalveđ without RLEN Prs+Sg1. 8 verbs

LEXICON 2SYLL_POHTED with RLEN Prs+Sg1. 31 verbs

LEXICON 2SYLL_PIHTED 82 verbs

EED verbs

ID verbs

2SYLL_UADDID

as 2SYLL_ID, but only 3 person

2SYLL_ID celkkiđ

2SYLL_EELLID

** LEXICON VINFINITES_EELLID !

2SYLL_VYELGID like VYEIJID, but -i for reduced forms. 7 verbs

OD verbs

OOD verbs

2SYLL_ORROOD

UD verbs

2SYLL_KUARRUD

2SYLL_UD

2SYLL_UAZZUID

Common even lexica

Odd-syllable stems

Common lexicons inflecting odd-syllabic verbs

Derivational extentions to 3-syllabic verbs

4-syllabic

Contracted stems

j stems

v stems

4-syllabic

LEXICON 4SYLL_KYETTID

LEXICON 4_ADELISTID

LEXICON 4_ITTID

LEXICON 4_UHCAD

Other lexica

Here come the case variation for VAbess, and flag for VGen, they are invariant above and thus collected here.

Case lexica

Derivation lexica

These point to different nominal paradigms.

Flag section

The lexica in this section add the @C.NeedNoun@ flag, thereby allowing them to become the second part of N + (V > N) compounds.

LEXICON FLAG_3HUKSIM should not be disallowed by ENDLEX @D.NeedNoun.ON@

LEXICON FLAG_3KIEDAVUSSAM should not be disallowed by ENDLEX @D.NeedNoun.ON@

LEXICON FLAG_CTAHHEE should not be disallowed by ENDLEX @D.NeedNoun.ON@

LEXICON FLAG_K should not be disallowed by ENDLEX @D.NeedNoun.ON@


This (part of) documentation was generated from src/fst/morphology/affixes/verbs.lexc