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A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

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6 Nominals II: Pronouns<br />

Table 6.8: Interrogative pronouns with a demonstrative referent using the mikkirstem<br />

sg pl<br />

nom mikkir mikkira<br />

gen mikkira mikkirij<br />

acc mikkirav mikkirijd<br />

ill mikkirij mikkirijda<br />

iness n/a n/a<br />

elat mikkirist mikkirijst<br />

com mikkirijna mikkirij<br />

(12) mikkir málle<br />

mikkir málle<br />

lij?<br />

li-j<br />

which blood\nom.sg be-3sg.pst<br />

‘Which (kind o) blood was it?’<br />

(13) mikkir gulijd<br />

mikkir guli-jd<br />

åtjojde?<br />

åtjo-jde<br />

which fish-acc.pl buy-2pl.pst<br />

‘Which (kinds o) fish did you buy?’<br />

[pit080924.256]<br />

[pit080924.025]<br />

Another possible form <strong>of</strong> the stem seems to be makkar-, but this is only attested<br />

twice in the corpus and by one speaker, while mikkir- was consistently preferred<br />

in elicitation sessions. An example with makkar is provided in (14); here, makkar<br />

is a pro-adjective modifying a noun in a subordinate interrogative clause.<br />

(14) ja<br />

ja<br />

dä lä<br />

dä lä<br />

and then be\3sg.prs<br />

gilgin<br />

gilgi-n<br />

will-3pl.pst<br />

aj väha<br />

aj väha<br />

also a.little<br />

njuovat<br />

njuova-t<br />

slaughter-inf<br />

aj<br />

aj<br />

also<br />

gähtjamin makkar sarvajd<br />

gähtja-min makkar sarva-jd<br />

look-prog which reindeer.bull-acc.pl<br />

‘And then he is also checking a bit which reindeer bulls they should also<br />

slaughter.’<br />

[pit080909.006]<br />

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