atnit

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ënētēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

atnit

1. to use

   Skuvla atná hui ollu dárogielat oahppogirjjiid.

   The school uses a lot of Norwegian-language textbooks.

Inflection

Even i-stem, tn-n gradation
infinitive	atnit
1st sing. present	anán
1st sing. past	atnen
infinitive	atnit	action noun	atnin
present participle	adni	action inessive	atnimin atnime
past participle	atnán	action elative	atnimis
agent participle	—	action comitative	atnimiin
		abessive	anẹkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	anán	atnen	atnon
2nd singular	anát	atnet	anẹ
3rd singular	atná	anii	atnos
1st dual	atne	aniime	adnu
2nd dual	atnibeahtti	aniide	adni
3rd dual	atniba	aniiga	atnoska
1st plural	atnit	aniimet	atnot adnut
2nd plural	atnibēhtet	aniidet	atnet adnit
3rd plural	atnet	atne	atnoset
connegative	anẹ	atnán	anẹ
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	anášin anášedjen	análin análedjen	anežan
2nd singular	anášit anášedjet	análit análedjet	anežat
3rd singular	anášii	análii	aneža aneš
1st dual	anášeimme	análeimme	anežetne
2nd dual	anášeidde	análeidde	anežeahppi
3rd dual	anášeigga	análeigga	anežeaba
1st plural	anášeimmet	análeimmet	anežit anežat
2nd plural	anášeiddet	análeiddet	anežēhpet
3rd plural	anáše anášedje	anále análedje	anežit
connegative	anáše	anále	aneš

Derived terms

• adni
• adnot
• anihahtti
• anihit
• atnin
• atnu

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland