A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

8 Verbs
Table 8.4: The inflectional paradigm for the verb buälldet ‘ignite, burn’
sg du pl
prs 1 st buold-a-v bulld-e-n buälld-e-p
2 nd buold-a buälld-e-bähten buälld-e-bähtet
3 rd bualld-a buälld-e-ba bulld-e
pst 1 st bulld-i-v buld-i-jmen buld-i-jmä
2 nd bulld-e buld-i-jden buld-i-jdä
3 rd buld-i-j buld-i-jga bulld-e-n
imp 2 nd buold-e buälld-e-n n/a
inf buälld-e-t conneg buold-e
prf bualld-a-m
here, the vowel in V1 position is raised to u in the presence of a close-mid front (e)
or a close front (i) vowel in V2 position. Note, however, that this vowel harmony
is morphologically selected by these slots in the paradigms; the e in V2 in other
inflected forms does not trigger vowel harmony (cf. 2du.prs or du.imp forms).
In summary, the inflectional paradigm for buälldet ‘ignite, burn’ is characterized
by consonant gradation, umlaut and vowel harmony in the stem, and the
morphological environment determines which of these allomorphs is selected.
For instance, as a result, the 1sg.prs form buoldav is marked for person, number
and tense/mood by the weak buold- stem (with the -uo- umlaut form) and the -v
suffix simultaneously, and the 1pl.pst form buldijmä is marked by the weak buldstem
subjected to vowel harmony, and the -jmä suffix.
The pattern of non-linear inflectional marking throughout the paradigm for
buälldet is illustrated in Table 8.5 on the facing page. The patterns for both consonant
gradation and for umlaut in verb classes subject to these morphophonological
strategies align seamlessly. However, each of the two verbal inflection
classes subject to vowel harmony has its own unique vowel harmony pattern.
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