dorvvastit

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

dorvvastit

1. to protect, to secure
2. to guarantee
3. to rely on

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
infinitive	dorvvastit
1st sing. present	dorvvastan
1st sing. past	dorvvastin dorvvastedjen
infinitive	dorvvastit	action noun	dorvvasteapmi
present participle	dorvvasteaddji	action inessive	dorvvasteamen dorvvasteame
past participle	dorvvastan	action elative	dorvvasteamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	dorvvastēmiin
		abessive	dorvvaskeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	dorvvastan	dorvvastin dorvvastedjen	dorvvastēhkon
2nd singular	dorvvastat	dorvvastit dorvvastedjet	dorvvas
3rd singular	dorvvasta	dorvvastii	dorvvastēhkos dorvvastus
1st dual	dorvvastetne	dorvvasteimme	dorvvasteadnu
2nd dual	dorvvasteahppi	dorvvasteidde	dorvvasteahkki
3rd dual	dorvvasteaba	dorvvasteigga	dorvvastēhkoska
1st plural	dorvvastit dorvvastat	dorvvasteimmet	dorvvastēhkot dorvvasteatnot
2nd plural	dorvvastēhpet	dorvvasteiddet	dorvvastēhket
3rd plural	dorvvastit	dorvvaste dorvvastedje	dorvvastēhkoset
connegative	dorvvas	dorvvastan	dorvvas
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	dorvvastivččen	—	dorvvasteaččan
2nd singular	dorvvastivččet	—	dorvvasteaččat
3rd singular	dorvvastivččii	—	dorvvasteš dorvvasteaš dorvvasteažžá
1st dual	dorvvastivččiime	—	dorvvastežže
2nd dual	dorvvastivččiide	—	dorvvasteažžabeahtti
3rd dual	dorvvastivččiiga	—	dorvvasteažžaba
1st plural	dorvvastivččiimet	—	dorvvasteažžat
2nd plural	dorvvastivččiidet	—	dorvvasteažžabehtet
3rd plural	dorvvastivčče	—	dorvvastežžet
connegative	dorvvastivčče	—	dorvvasteš dorvvasteaš dorvvasteačča

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