njávkat

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńāvkkëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

njávkat

  1. to pet, to stroke

Inflection

Even a-stem, vk-vkk gradation
infinitive njávkat
1st sing. present njávkkan
1st sing. past njávken
infinitive njávkat action noun njávkan
present participle njávki action inessive njávkamin
njávkame
past participle njávkan action elative njávkamis
agent participle action comitative njávkamiin
abessive njávkkakeahttá
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular njávkkan njávken njávkon
2nd singular njávkkat njávket njávkka
3rd singular njávká njávkkai njávkos
1st dual njávke njávkkaime njávku
2nd dual njávkabeahtti njávkkaide njávki
3rd dual njávkaba njávkkaiga njávkoska
1st plural njávkat njávkkaimet njávkot
njávkut
2nd plural njávkabēhtet njávkkaidet njávket
njávkit
3rd plural njávket njávke njávkoset
connegative njávkka njávkan njávkka
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular njávkkašin
njávkkašedjen
njávkkalin
njávkkaledjen
njávkkažan
2nd singular njávkkašit
njávkkašedjet
njávkkalit
njávkkaledjet
njávkkažat
3rd singular njávkkašii njávkkalii njávkkaža
njávkkaš
1st dual njávkkašeimme njávkkaleimme njávkkažetne
2nd dual njávkkašeidde njávkkaleidde njávkkažeahppi
3rd dual njávkkašeigga njávkkaleigga njávkkažeaba
1st plural njávkkašeimmet njávkkaleimmet njávkkažit
njávkkažat
2nd plural njávkkašeiddet njávkkaleiddet njávkkažēhpet
3rd plural njávkkaše
njávkkašedje
njávkkale
njávkkaledje
njávkkažit
connegative njávkkaše njávkkale njávkkaš

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