garvit

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kërvētēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

garvit

1. to go around
2. to evade, to avoid

Inflection

Even i-stem, rv-rvv gradation
infinitive	garvit
1st sing. present	garvván
1st sing. past	garven
infinitive	garvit	action noun	garvin
present participle	garvi	action inessive	garvimin garvime
past participle	garván	action elative	garvimis
agent participle	—	action comitative	garvimiin
		abessive	garvvẹkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	garvván	garven	garvon
2nd singular	garvvát	garvet	garvvẹ
3rd singular	garvá	garvvii	garvos
1st dual	garve	garvviime	garvu
2nd dual	garvibeahtti	garvviide	garvi
3rd dual	garviba	garvviiga	garvoska
1st plural	garvit	garvviimet	garvot garvut
2nd plural	garvibēhtet	garvviidet	garvet garvit
3rd plural	garvet	garve	garvoset
connegative	garvvẹ	garván	garvvẹ
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	garvvášin garvvášedjen	garvválin garvváledjen	garvvežan
2nd singular	garvvášit garvvášedjet	garvválit garvváledjet	garvvežat
3rd singular	garvvášii	garvválii	garvveža garvveš
1st dual	garvvášeimme	garvváleimme	garvvežetne
2nd dual	garvvášeidde	garvváleidde	garvvežeahppi
3rd dual	garvvášeigga	garvváleigga	garvvežeaba
1st plural	garvvášeimmet	garvváleimmet	garvvežit garvvežat
2nd plural	garvvášeiddet	garvváleiddet	garvvežēhpet
3rd plural	garvváše garvvášedje	garvvále garvváledje	garvvežit
connegative	garvváše	garvvále	garvveš

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