A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

7 Adjectivals
Table 7.7: Cardinal and ordinal numerals
cardinal ordinal
0 nolla -
1 akkta vuostas 1 st
aktát n1 st
2 guäkte mubbe 2 nd
guoktát n2 nd
3 gålbmå gålmát (n)3 rd
4 nällje nielját (n)4 th
5 vihta vidát (n)5 th
6 guhta gudát (n)6 th
7 gietjav giehtjet (n)7 th
8 gakktse gáktsát (n)8 th
9 åktse åktsát (n)9 th
10 lågev lågát (n)10 th
100 tjuohte n/a 100 th
1000 tuvsan n/a 1000 th
7.9.1.1 Derivation and suppletion in ordinal numerals
In general, ordinal numerals, which are listed on the right side of Table 7.7, can
be derived from the corresponding cardinal numeral by replacing the vowel in
V2 position and any final consonant with the suffix -át (and its allomorph -et in
giehtjet ‘seventh’). In addition, the weak stem allomorph is selected and umlaut
of V1 occurs, if applicable (cf. §4.1.2 on stem allomorphy). The ordinal numerals
corresponding to tjuohte ‘hundred’ and tuvsan ‘thousand’ are not attested in the
corpus.
However, there are exceptions. First, the ordinals vuostas ‘first’ and mubbe
‘second’ are suppletive forms compared to the corresponding cardinal numerals
akkta ‘one’ and guäkte ‘two’. 12 These two ordinals are used exclusively for
the single-digit numbers ‘first’ and ‘second’; any ordinal numeral referring to a
number of two or more digits uses a form derived from the cardinal numeral, as
described above. This is illustrated in Table 7.8 on the facing page.
Second, the cardinal numeral giehtjav ‘seven’ differs in the final two segments
from the ordinal numeral gietjet ‘seventh’ (i.e., -av and -et).
12 Note that vuostas ‘first’ and mubbe ‘second’ are also reconstructable to at least Proto-Saami
(Sammallahti 1998: 257;268).
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