njammat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńëmëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

njammat

1. to suck

Inflection

Even a-stem, mm-m gradation
infinitive	njammat
1st sing. present	njaman
1st sing. past	njammen
infinitive	njammat	action noun	njamman
present participle	njamˈmi	action inessive	njammamin njammame
past participle	njamman	action elative	njammamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	njammamiin
		abessive	njamakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	njaman	njammen	njammon
2nd singular	njamat	njammet	njama
3rd singular	njammá	njamai	njammos
1st dual	njamme	njamaime	njamˈmu
2nd dual	njammabeahtti	njamaide	njamˈmi
3rd dual	njammaba	njamaiga	njammoska
1st plural	njammat	njamaimet	njammot njamˈmut
2nd plural	njammabēhtet	njamaidet	njammet njamˈmit
3rd plural	njammet	njamme	njammoset
connegative	njama	njamman	njama
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	njamašin njamašedjen	njamalin njamaledjen	njamažan
2nd singular	njamašit njamašedjet	njamalit njamaledjet	njamažat
3rd singular	njamašii	njamalii	njamaža njamaš
1st dual	njamašeimme	njamaleimme	njamažetne
2nd dual	njamašeidde	njamaleidde	njamažeahppi
3rd dual	njamašeigga	njamaleigga	njamažeaba
1st plural	njamašeimmet	njamaleimmet	njamažit njamažat
2nd plural	njamašeiddet	njamaleiddet	njamažēhpet
3rd plural	njamaše njamašedje	njamale njamaledje	njamažit
connegative	njamaše	njamale	njamaš

Derived terms

• njamˈmot

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