bivvat

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pivëtēk.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpivvah(t)/

Verb

bivvat

  1. to stay warm, to bear the cold

Inflection

Even a-stem, vv-v gradation
infinitive bivvat
1st sing. present bivan
1st sing. past bivven
infinitive bivvat action noun bivvan
present participle bivˈvi action inessive bivvamin
bivvame
past participle bivvan action elative bivvamis
agent participle action comitative bivvamiin
abessive bivakeahttá
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular bivan bivven bivvon
2nd singular bivat bivvet biva
3rd singular bivvá bivai bivvos
1st dual bivve bivaime bivˈvu
2nd dual bivvabeahtti bivaide bivˈvi
3rd dual bivvaba bivaiga bivvoska
1st plural bivvat bivaimet bivvot
bivˈvut
2nd plural bivvabēhtet bivaidet bivvet
bivˈvit
3rd plural bivvet bivve bivvoset
connegative biva bivvan biva
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular bivašin
bivašedjen
bivalin
bivaledjen
bivažan
2nd singular bivašit
bivašedjet
bivalit
bivaledjet
bivažat
3rd singular bivašii bivalii bivaža
bivaš
1st dual bivašeimme bivaleimme bivažetne
2nd dual bivašeidde bivaleidde bivažeahppi
3rd dual bivašeigga bivaleigga bivažeaba
1st plural bivašeimmet bivaleimmet bivažit
bivažat
2nd plural bivašeiddet bivaleiddet bivažēhpet
3rd plural bivaše
bivašedje
bivale
bivaledje
bivažit
connegative bivaše bivale bivaš

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland