Northern Sami

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtuo̯hːt͡ʃah(t)/

Verb

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duohččat

  1. to save, to use less of

Inflection

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Even a-stem, hčč- gradation
infinitive duohččat
1st sing. present duohčan
1st sing. past dūhččen
infinitive duohččat action noun duohččan
present participle duohčči action inessive duohččamin
duohččame
past participle duohččan action elative duohččamis
agent participle action comitative duohččamiin
abessive duohčakeahttá
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular duohčan dūhččen dūhččon
2nd singular duohčat dūhččet duohča
3rd singular duohččá duohčai dūhččos
1st dual dūhčče duohčaime duohčču
2nd dual duohččabeahtti duohčaide duohčči
3rd dual duohččaba duohčaiga dūhččoska
1st plural duohččat duohčaimet dūhččot
duohččut
2nd plural duohččabēhtet duohčaidet dūhččet
duohččit
3rd plural dūhččet dūhčče dūhččoset
connegative duohča duohččan duohča
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular duohčašin
duohčašedjen
duohčalin
duohčaledjen
duohčažan
2nd singular duohčašit
duohčašedjet
duohčalit
duohčaledjet
duohčažat
3rd singular duohčašii duohčalii duohčaža
duohčaš
1st dual duohčašeimme duohčaleimme duohčažetne
2nd dual duohčašeidde duohčaleidde duohčažeahppi
3rd dual duohčašeigga duohčaleigga duohčažeaba
1st plural duohčašeimmet duohčaleimmet duohčažit
duohčažat
2nd plural duohčašeiddet duohčaleiddet duohčažēhpet
3rd plural duohčaše
duohčašedje
duohčale
duohčaledje
duohčažit
connegative duohčaše duohčale duohčaš

Further reading

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  • 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