Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From headju +‎ -nit.

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

hēdjonit

  1. to become weaker, to worsen
  2. to decay, to decline

Inflection edit

Odd, no gradation
infinitive hēdjonit
1st sing. present hēdjonan
1st sing. past hēdjonin
hēdjonedjen
infinitive hēdjonit action noun hēdjoneapmi
present participle hēdjoneaddji action inessive hēdjoneamen
hēdjoneame
past participle hēdjonan action elative hēdjoneamis
agent participle action comitative hēdjonēmiin
abessive hēdjonkeahttá
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular hēdjonan hēdjonin
hēdjonedjen
hēdjonēhkon
2nd singular hēdjonat hēdjonit
hēdjonedjet
hēdjon
3rd singular hēdjona hēdjonii hēdjonēhkos
hēdjonus
1st dual hēdjonetne hēdjoneimme hēdjoneadnu
2nd dual hēdjoneahppi hēdjoneidde hēdjoneahkki
3rd dual hēdjoneaba hēdjoneigga hēdjonēhkoska
1st plural hēdjonit
hēdjonat
hēdjoneimmet hēdjonēhkot
hēdjoneatnot
2nd plural hēdjonēhpet hēdjoneiddet hēdjonēhket
3rd plural hēdjonit hēdjone
hēdjonedje
hēdjonēhkoset
connegative hēdjon hēdjonan hēdjon
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular hēdjonivččen hēdjoneaččan
2nd singular hēdjonivččet hēdjoneaččat
3rd singular hēdjonivččii hēdjoneš
hēdjoneaš
hēdjoneažžá
1st dual hēdjonivččiime hēdjonežže
2nd dual hēdjonivččiide hēdjoneažžabeahtti
3rd dual hēdjonivččiiga hēdjoneažžaba
1st plural hēdjonivččiimet hēdjoneažžat
2nd plural hēdjonivččiidet hēdjoneažžabehtet
3rd plural hēdjonivčče hēdjonežžet
connegative hēdjonivčče hēdjoneš
hēdjoneaš
hēdjoneačča

Further reading edit

  • 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