giessat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kiesëtēk, perhaps from Proto-Uralic *keččä (“circle”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

giessat

1. to wrap

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
infinitive	giessat
1st sing. present	giesan
1st sing. past	gīssen
infinitive	giessat	action noun	giessan
present participle	giesˈsi	action inessive	giessamin giessame
past participle	giessan	action elative	giessamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	giessamiin
		abessive	giesakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	giesan	gīssen	gīsson
2nd singular	giesat	gīsset	giesa
3rd singular	giessá	giesai	gīssos
1st dual	gīsse	giesaime	giesˈsu
2nd dual	giessabeahtti	giesaide	giesˈsi
3rd dual	giessaba	giesaiga	gīssoska
1st plural	giessat	giesaimet	gīssot giesˈsut
2nd plural	giessabēhtet	giesaidet	gīsset giesˈsit
3rd plural	gīsset	gīsse	gīssoset
connegative	giesa	giessan	giesa
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	giesašin giesašedjen	giesalin giesaledjen	giesažan
2nd singular	giesašit giesašedjet	giesalit giesaledjet	giesažat
3rd singular	giesašii	giesalii	giesaža giesaš
1st dual	giesašeimme	giesaleimme	giesažetne
2nd dual	giesašeidde	giesaleidde	giesažeahppi
3rd dual	giesašeigga	giesaleigga	giesažeaba
1st plural	giesašeimmet	giesaleimmet	giesažit giesažat
2nd plural	giesašeiddet	giesaleiddet	giesažēhpet
3rd plural	giesaše giesašedje	giesale giesaledje	giesažit
connegative	giesaše	giesale	giesaš

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