loktat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *loptëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

loktat

1. to rise
2. to relieve, to ease

Inflection

Even a-stem, kt-vtt gradation
infinitive	loktat
1st sing. present	lovttan
1st sing. past	lokten
infinitive	loktat	action noun	loktan
present participle	lokti	action inessive	loktamin loktame
past participle	loktan	action elative	loktamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	loktamiin
		abessive	lovttakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	lovttan	lokten	lokton
2nd singular	lovttat	loktet	lovtta
3rd singular	loktá	lovttai	loktos
1st dual	lokte	lovttaime	loktu
2nd dual	loktabeahtti	lovttaide	lokti
3rd dual	loktaba	lovttaiga	loktoska
1st plural	loktat	lovttaimet	loktot loktut
2nd plural	loktabēhtet	lovttaidet	loktet loktit
3rd plural	loktet	lokte	loktoset
connegative	lovtta	loktan	lovtta
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	lovttašin lovttašedjen	lovttalin lovttaledjen	lovttažan
2nd singular	lovttašit lovttašedjet	lovttalit lovttaledjet	lovttažat
3rd singular	lovttašii	lovttalii	lovttaža lovttaš
1st dual	lovttašeimme	lovttaleimme	lovttažetne
2nd dual	lovttašeidde	lovttaleidde	lovttažeahppi
3rd dual	lovttašeigga	lovttaleigga	lovttažeaba
1st plural	lovttašeimmet	lovttaleimmet	lovttažit lovttažat
2nd plural	lovttašeiddet	lovttaleiddet	lovttažēhpet
3rd plural	lovttaše lovttašedje	lovttale lovttaledje	lovttažit
connegative	lovttaše	lovttale	lovttaš

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