geavvat

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnic, probably through Finnish käydä, ultimately from Proto-Finnic *käüdäk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

geavvat

1. to rise
2. to happen
3. to progress
4. to succeed

Inflection

Even a-stem, vv-v gradation
infinitive	geavvat
1st sing. present	geavan
1st sing. past	gēvven
infinitive	geavvat	action noun	geavvan
present participle	geavˈvi	action inessive	geavvamin geavvame
past participle	geavvan	action elative	geavvamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	geavvamiin
		abessive	geavakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	geavan	gēvven	gēvvon
2nd singular	geavat	gēvvet	geava
3rd singular	geavvá	geavai	gēvvos
1st dual	gēvve	geavaime	geavˈvu
2nd dual	geavvabeahtti	geavaide	geavˈvi
3rd dual	geavvaba	geavaiga	gēvvoska
1st plural	geavvat	geavaimet	gēvvot geavˈvut
2nd plural	geavvabēhtet	geavaidet	gēvvet geavˈvit
3rd plural	gēvvet	gēvve	gēvvoset
connegative	geava	geavvan	geava
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	geavašin geavašedjen	geavalin geavaledjen	geavažan
2nd singular	geavašit geavašedjet	geavalit geavaledjet	geavažat
3rd singular	geavašii	geavalii	geavaža geavaš
1st dual	geavašeimme	geavaleimme	geavažetne
2nd dual	geavašeidde	geavaleidde	geavažeahppi
3rd dual	geavašeigga	geavaleigga	geavažeaba
1st plural	geavašeimmet	geavaleimmet	geavažit geavažat
2nd plural	geavašeiddet	geavaleiddet	geavažēhpet
3rd plural	geavaše geavašedje	geavale geavaledje	geavažit
connegative	geavaše	geavale	geavaš

Derived terms

• geavahit

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