A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

7 Adjectivals
Table 7.2: Some attributive and predicative adjective sets, including the noun
class corresponding to the number marking pattern exhibited by the
predicate adjectives
attributive predicative adjectives corresp.
no. adjective singular plural N-class
i tjähpis tjáhpat tjáhpada IIIa ‘black’
rusjgis russjgat russjgada ‘red’
ii nievres nävvre nievre Ie ‘bad’
vastes vasste vaste ‘ugly’
buosjes buossje buosje ‘fearless’
fávros fávvro fávro Ic ‘attractive’
iii dájges dájges dájgesa IIIa ‘cowardly’
åvros åvros åvrosa ‘nervous’
vuoras vuoras vuorasa ‘old’
gujos gujos gudjosa ‘frozen solid’
luvas luvas luvvasa ‘wet’
nanos nanos nannosa ‘sturdy’
iv sádnes sádnes sádna II ‘true’
v bivvalis bivval bivvala IIIa ‘warm’ (weather)
buoragis buorak buoraga ‘good’
vi ånegis ådne åne Ie ‘short’
vii jallga jallgat jallgada IIIa ‘flat’
njuallga njuallgat njuallgada ‘straight’
lägga lieggas läggasa ‘warm’
galbma galmas galbmasa ‘cold’
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The attributive form and the singular predicative form are syncretic and
have a stem-final -s, while the plural predicative form’s stem is also
identical, but marked for plural by a final -a. Number marking like class
IIIa nouns.
The attributive form and the singular predicative form are syncretic and
have a stem-final -s, while the plural predicative form is marked by a
final -a instead of the final es in the other forms. Only one example in
the corpus; number marking like a class II noun.
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