bassat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pësëtēk.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpassah(t)/

Verb

bassat

1. to wash

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
infinitive	bassat
1st sing. present	basan
1st sing. past	bassen
infinitive	bassat	action noun	bassan
present participle	basˈsi	action inessive	bassamin bassame
past participle	bassan	action elative	bassamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	bassamiin
		abessive	basakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	basan	bassen	basson
2nd singular	basat	basset	basa
3rd singular	bassá	basai	bassos
1st dual	basse	basaime	basˈsu
2nd dual	bassabeahtti	basaide	basˈsi
3rd dual	bassaba	basaiga	bassoska
1st plural	bassat	basaimet	bassot basˈsut
2nd plural	bassabēhtet	basaidet	basset basˈsit
3rd plural	basset	basse	bassoset
connegative	basa	bassan	basa
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	basašin basašedjen	basalin basaledjen	basažan
2nd singular	basašit basašedjet	basalit basaledjet	basažat
3rd singular	basašii	basalii	basaža basaš
1st dual	basašeimme	basaleimme	basažetne
2nd dual	basašeidde	basaleidde	basažeahppi
3rd dual	basašeigga	basaleigga	basažeaba
1st plural	basašeimmet	basaleimmet	basažit basažat
2nd plural	basašeiddet	basaleiddet	basažēhpet
3rd plural	basaše basašedje	basale basaledje	basažit
connegative	basaše	basale	basaš

Derived terms

• basadit
• basahat
• basahit
• basaldat
• basastit
• bassalit
• basˈsi

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland