njávgut

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

njávgut

1. to meow

   Synonym: njávgit

Inflection

Even u-stem, vg-vgg gradation
infinitive	njávgut
1st sing. present	njávggun
1st sing. past	njávgon
infinitive	njávgut	action noun	njávgun
present participle	njávgu	action inessive	njávgumin njávgume
past participle	njávgon	action elative	njávgumis
agent participle	—	action comitative	njávgumiin
		abessive	njávggọkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	njávggun	njávgon	njávgon
2nd singular	njávggut	njávgot	njávggọ
3rd singular	njávgu	njávggūi	njávgos
1st dual	njávgo	njávggūime	njávgu
2nd dual	njávgubeahtti	njávggūide	njávgu
3rd dual	njávguba	njávggūiga	njávgoska
1st plural	njávgut	njávggūimet	njávgot njávgut
2nd plural	njávgubēhtet	njávggūidet	njávgot njávgut
3rd plural	njávgot	njávgo	njávgoset
connegative	njávggọ	njávgon	njávggọ
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	njávggošin njávggošedjen	njávggolin njávggoledjen	njávggožan
2nd singular	njávggošit njávggošedjet	njávggolit njávggoledjet	njávggožat
3rd singular	njávggošii	njávggolii	njávggoža njávggoš
1st dual	njávggošeimme	njávggoleimme	njávggožetne
2nd dual	njávggošeidde	njávggoleidde	njávggožeahppi
3rd dual	njávggošeigga	njávggoleigga	njávggožeaba
1st plural	njávggošeimmet	njávggoleimmet	njávggožit njávggožat
2nd plural	njávggošeiddet	njávggoleiddet	njávggožēhpet
3rd plural	njávggoše njávggošedje	njávggole njávggoledje	njávggožit
connegative	njávggoše	njávggole	njávggoš

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