A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

3.1 Consonants
(57) /pɔʦoj/ båtsoj
[pɔʦoj]
‘reindeer\nom.sg’
(58) /ʧaːʦe-v/ tjátsev
[ʧaːʦev]
‘water-gen.sg’
(59) /pɔʧesti-t/ båtjestit
[pɔʧestitʰ] ‘wring-inf’
[0263]
[1861]
[0262]
The postalveolar affricate /ʧ/ can also occur in word-final 7 position, frequently
as the diminutive suffix -tj, as in (60).
(60) /petnaka-ʧ/ bednagatj
[pet̚nakaʧ] ‘dog-dim\nom.sg’
[5717]
3.1.1.4.2 Plain geminate affricates The segments /ʦː ʧː/ are unvoiced alveolar
and postalveolar (respectively) geminate affricate phonemes. As with all other
geminates, the affricate geminates only occur in the consonant center. The duration
of the stop closure is longer in geminate affricates compared to their singleton
affricate counterparts, while the duration of the fricative element is not
relevant. Examples can be found in (61) and (62).
(61) /vaːʦːe-t/ vádtset
[va:tːsetʰ]
‘go-inf’
(62) /ʧiʧːe/ tjidtje
[ʧitːʃe]
‘mother\nom.sg’
[2049]
[3618]
3.1.1.4.3 Preaspirated singleton affricates The segments /ʰʦ ʰʧ/ are preaspirated
alveolar and postalveolar (respectively) singleton affricate phonemes. Just as
with the preaspirated plosives, the preaspirated affricates only occur as the sole
consonant or the final consonant in the consonant center. The phonetic realization
of preaspiration depends on the preceding phoneme, as described in §3.1.1.1.
Examples can be found in (63) through (65).
(63) /puʰʦu/ buhtsu
[puhʦu]
‘reindeer\nom.pl’
[pit110413b.085]
7 There is one particle guts with the alveolar affricate in final position, but it is not clear what
this is or whether it is /ʦ/ or /tʦ/ in the consonant center (it is spelled inconsistently, as well).
Noticeably, it is monosyllabic, and could be an abbreviated form of a typical bisyllabic word
which has been lexicalized in its rapid-speech form, in which case it was historically in wordmedial
position.
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