njávkat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńāvkkëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

njávkat

1. to pet, to stroke

Inflection

Even a-stem, vk-vkk gradation
infinitive	njávkat
1st sing. present	njávkkan
1st sing. past	njávken
infinitive	njávkat	action noun	njávkan
present participle	njávki	action inessive	njávkamin njávkame
past participle	njávkan	action elative	njávkamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	njávkamiin
		abessive	njávkkakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	njávkkan	njávken	njávkon
2nd singular	njávkkat	njávket	njávkka
3rd singular	njávká	njávkkai	njávkos
1st dual	njávke	njávkkaime	njávku
2nd dual	njávkabeahtti	njávkkaide	njávki
3rd dual	njávkaba	njávkkaiga	njávkoska
1st plural	njávkat	njávkkaimet	njávkot njávkut
2nd plural	njávkabēhtet	njávkkaidet	njávket njávkit
3rd plural	njávket	njávke	njávkoset
connegative	njávkka	njávkan	njávkka
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	njávkkašin njávkkašedjen	njávkkalin njávkkaledjen	njávkkažan
2nd singular	njávkkašit njávkkašedjet	njávkkalit njávkkaledjet	njávkkažat
3rd singular	njávkkašii	njávkkalii	njávkkaža njávkkaš
1st dual	njávkkašeimme	njávkkaleimme	njávkkažetne
2nd dual	njávkkašeidde	njávkkaleidde	njávkkažeahppi
3rd dual	njávkkašeigga	njávkkaleigga	njávkkažeaba
1st plural	njávkkašeimmet	njávkkaleimmet	njávkkažit njávkkažat
2nd plural	njávkkašeiddet	njávkkaleiddet	njávkkažēhpet
3rd plural	njávkkaše njávkkašedje	njávkkale njávkkaledje	njávkkažit
connegative	njávkkaše	njávkkale	njávkkaš

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