skutnjat

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

skutnjat

1. to giggle, to snigger

Inflection

Even a-stem, tnj-nj gradation
infinitive	skutnjat
1st sing. present	skunjan
1st sing. past	skutnjen
infinitive	skutnjat	action noun	skutnjan
present participle	skudnji	action inessive	skutnjamin skutnjame
past participle	skutnjan	action elative	skutnjamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	skutnjamiin
		abessive	skunjakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	skunjan	skutnjen	skutnjon
2nd singular	skunjat	skutnjet	skunja
3rd singular	skutnjá	skunjai	skutnjos
1st dual	skutnje	skunjaime	skudnju
2nd dual	skutnjabeahtti	skunjaide	skudnji
3rd dual	skutnjaba	skunjaiga	skutnjoska
1st plural	skutnjat	skunjaimet	skutnjot skudnjut
2nd plural	skutnjabēhtet	skunjaidet	skutnjet skudnjit
3rd plural	skutnjet	skutnje	skutnjoset
connegative	skunja	skutnjan	skunja
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	skunjašin skunjašedjen	skunjalin skunjaledjen	skunjažan
2nd singular	skunjašit skunjašedjet	skunjalit skunjaledjet	skunjažat
3rd singular	skunjašii	skunjalii	skunjaža skunjaš
1st dual	skunjašeimme	skunjaleimme	skunjažetne
2nd dual	skunjašeidde	skunjaleidde	skunjažeahppi
3rd dual	skunjašeigga	skunjaleigga	skunjažeaba
1st plural	skunjašeimmet	skunjaleimmet	skunjažit skunjažat
2nd plural	skunjašeiddet	skunjaleiddet	skunjažēhpet
3rd plural	skunjaše skunjašedje	skunjale skunjaledje	skunjažit
connegative	skunjaše	skunjale	skunjaš

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