njiimmâd

Skolt Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńëmëtēk.

Verb

njiimmâd

1. to suck

Inflection

Even â-stem, mm-m gradation
infinitive	njiimmâd
1st sing. present	njiimam
1st sing. past	njiʹmmem
infinitive	njiimmâd
present participle	njiimmi
past participle	njiimmâm
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	njiimam	njiʹmmem	—
2nd singular	njiimak	njiʹmmiǩ	njiim
3rd singular	njeemm	njiimi	njeemas
1st plural	njiimmâp	njiimim	njiimmâp
2nd plural	njiimmveʹted	njiimid	njiimmâd
3rd plural	njeʹmme	njiʹmme	njemmaz
4th person	njiimât	njiʹmmeš	—
connegative	njiim	njiimmâm	njiim
	conditional	potential
1st singular	njiimčem	njiimžem
2nd singular	njiimčiǩ	njiimžiǩ
3rd singular	njiimči	njiimâž
1st plural	njiimčim	njiimžep
2nd plural	njiimčid	njiimžid
3rd plural	njiimče	njiimže
4th person	njiimčeš	njiimžet
connegative	njiimče	njiimže

Derived terms

• njâmmjed

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