Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *lopētētēk. Equivalent to lohpi +‎ -dit.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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lohpidit

  1. to promise

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
infinitive lohpidit
1st sing. present lohpidan
1st sing. past lohpidin
lohpidedjen
infinitive lohpidit action noun lohpideapmi
present participle lohpideaddji action inessive lohpideamen
lohpideame
past participle lohpidan action elative lohpideamis
agent participle action comitative lohpidēmiin
abessive lohpitkeahttá
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular lohpidan lohpidin
lohpidedjen
lohpidēhkon
2nd singular lohpidat lohpidit
lohpidedjet
lohpit
3rd singular lohpida lohpidii lohpidēhkos
lohpidus
1st dual lohpidetne lohpideimme lohpideadnu
2nd dual lohpideahppi lohpideidde lohpideahkki
3rd dual lohpideaba lohpideigga lohpidēhkoska
1st plural lohpidit
lohpidat
lohpideimmet lohpidēhkot
lohpideatnot
2nd plural lohpidēhpet lohpideiddet lohpidēhket
3rd plural lohpidit lohpide
lohpidedje
lohpidēhkoset
connegative lohpit lohpidan lohpit
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular lohpidivččen lohpideaččan
2nd singular lohpidivččet lohpideaččat
3rd singular lohpidivččii lohpideš
lohpideaš
lohpideažžá
1st dual lohpidivččiime lohpidežže
2nd dual lohpidivččiide lohpideažžabeahtti
3rd dual lohpidivččiiga lohpideažžaba
1st plural lohpidivččiimet lohpideažžat
2nd plural lohpidivččiidet lohpideažžabehtet
3rd plural lohpidivčče lohpidežžet
connegative lohpidivčče lohpideš
lohpideaš
lohpideačča

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