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A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

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10 Derivational morphology<br />

(23) dårrjo-t → dårrj-o ‘support’<br />

support-inf support-nmlz1\nom.sg [4732]<br />

However, as (24) and (25) indicate, the deverbalized noun does not have to refer<br />

exactly to the action or result <strong>of</strong> the verb, but only to a related concept.<br />

(24) gåjjkå-t → gåjjk-o ‘drought; thirst’<br />

dry-inf dry-nmlz1\nom.sg [4225]<br />

(25) jáhkke-t → jáhkk-o ‘belie’<br />

believe-inf believe-nmlz1\nom.sg [0909]<br />

Such nouns are in nominal inflectional class Ic; these examples present the<br />

nominal singular forms, and are thus in the strong stage <strong>of</strong> consonant gradation.<br />

As the example in (26) shows, these are full fledged nouns that inflect for case<br />

and number and can fill syntactic slots reserved for NPs (here, the object <strong>of</strong> the<br />

transitive verb adnet ‘have’).<br />

(26) jut almatj<br />

jut almatj<br />

adna<br />

adna<br />

jáhkov<br />

jáhk-o-v<br />

if person\nom.sg have\3sg.prs believe-nmlz1-acc.sg<br />

‘if one has faith’<br />

10.1.4 The agent nominalizer suffix -däddje<br />

[sje20130523.158]<br />

The nominalizing suffix -däddje (glossed as nmlz2) creates an agent noun, indicating<br />

that the referent <strong>of</strong> the noun is involved in the activity denoted by the<br />

base. Examples are provided in (27) through (31).<br />

(27) vuäjdne-t → vuojna-däddje ‘clairvoyant’<br />

see-inf see-nmlz2\nom.sg [6532]<br />

(28) åhpå-t → åhpa-däddje ‘teacher’<br />

learn-inf learn-nmlz2\nom.sg [2243]<br />

(29) málesti-t → máles-däddje ‘cook, che’<br />

cook-inf cook-nmlz2\nom.sg [5377]<br />

(30) gieles → gieles-däddje ‘liar’<br />

lie\nom.sg lie-nmlz2\nom.sg [4826]<br />

(31) jåhta-t → báhko+jåde-däddje ‘chairperson’<br />

drive-inf word+drive-nmlz2\nom.sg [0109]<br />

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