arvvosmit

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

arvvosmit

1. to become more lively, to perk up
2. to be encouraged, to gain strength

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
infinitive	arvvosmit
1st sing. present	arvvosman
1st sing. past	arvvosmin arvvosmedjen
infinitive	arvvosmit	action noun	arvvosmeapmi
present participle	arvvosmeaddji	action inessive	arvvosmeamen arvvosmeame
past participle	arvvosman	action elative	arvvosmeamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	arvvosmēmiin
		abessive	arvvoskeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	arvvosman	arvvosmin arvvosmedjen	arvvosmēhkon
2nd singular	arvvosmat	arvvosmit arvvosmedjet	arvvos
3rd singular	arvvosma	arvvosmii	arvvosmēhkos arvvosmus
1st dual	arvvosmetne	arvvosmeimme	arvvosmeadnu
2nd dual	arvvosmeahppi	arvvosmeidde	arvvosmeahkki
3rd dual	arvvosmeaba	arvvosmeigga	arvvosmēhkoska
1st plural	arvvosmit arvvosmat	arvvosmeimmet	arvvosmēhkot arvvosmeatnot
2nd plural	arvvosmēhpet	arvvosmeiddet	arvvosmēhket
3rd plural	arvvosmit	arvvosme arvvosmedje	arvvosmēhkoset
connegative	arvvos	arvvosman	arvvos
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	arvvosmivččen	—	arvvosmeaččan
2nd singular	arvvosmivččet	—	arvvosmeaččat
3rd singular	arvvosmivččii	—	arvvosmeš arvvosmeaš arvvosmeažžá
1st dual	arvvosmivččiime	—	arvvosmežže
2nd dual	arvvosmivččiide	—	arvvosmeažžabeahtti
3rd dual	arvvosmivččiiga	—	arvvosmeažžaba
1st plural	arvvosmivččiimet	—	arvvosmeažžat
2nd plural	arvvosmivččiidet	—	arvvosmeažžabehtet
3rd plural	arvvosmivčče	—	arvvosmežžet
connegative	arvvosmivčče	—	arvvosmeš arvvosmeaš arvvosmeačča

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