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): /ˈhea̯jːpah(t)/

Verb

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heaibat

  1. to dawdle, to linger

Inflection

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Even a-stem, ib-ibb gradation
infinitive heaibat
1st sing. present heaibban
1st sing. past hēiben
infinitive heaibat action noun heaiban
present participle heaibi action inessive heaibamin
heaibame
past participle heaiban action elative heaibamis
agent participle action comitative heaibamiin
abessive heaibbakeahttá
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular heaibban hēiben hēibon
2nd singular heaibbat hēibet heaibba
3rd singular heaibá heaibbai hēibos
1st dual hēibe heaibbaime heaibu
2nd dual heaibabeahtti heaibbaide heaibi
3rd dual heaibaba heaibbaiga hēiboska
1st plural heaibat heaibbaimet hēibot
heaibut
2nd plural heaibabēhtet heaibbaidet hēibet
heaibit
3rd plural hēibet hēibe hēiboset
connegative heaibba heaiban heaibba
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular heaibbašin
heaibbašedjen
heaibbalin
heaibbaledjen
heaibbažan
2nd singular heaibbašit
heaibbašedjet
heaibbalit
heaibbaledjet
heaibbažat
3rd singular heaibbašii heaibbalii heaibbaža
heaibbaš
1st dual heaibbašeimme heaibbaleimme heaibbažetne
2nd dual heaibbašeidde heaibbaleidde heaibbažeahppi
3rd dual heaibbašeigga heaibbaleigga heaibbažeaba
1st plural heaibbašeimmet heaibbaleimmet heaibbažit
heaibbažat
2nd plural heaibbašeiddet heaibbaleiddet heaibbažēhpet
3rd plural heaibbaše
heaibbašedje
heaibbale
heaibbaledje
heaibbažit
connegative heaibbaše heaibbale heaibbaš

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