avvit

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ëvētēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

avvit

1. of a boat: to leak

Inflection

Even i-stem, vv-v gradation
infinitive	avvit
1st sing. present	aván
1st sing. past	avven
infinitive	avvit	action noun	avvin
present participle	avˈvi	action inessive	avvimin avvime
past participle	avván	action elative	avvimis
agent participle	—	action comitative	avvimiin
		abessive	avẹkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	aván	avven	avvon
2nd singular	avát	avvet	avẹ
3rd singular	avvá	avii	avvos
1st dual	avve	aviime	avˈvu
2nd dual	avvibeahtti	aviide	avˈvi
3rd dual	avviba	aviiga	avvoska
1st plural	avvit	aviimet	avvot avˈvut
2nd plural	avvibēhtet	aviidet	avvet avˈvit
3rd plural	avvet	avve	avvoset
connegative	avẹ	avván	avẹ
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	avášin avášedjen	aválin aváledjen	avežan
2nd singular	avášit avášedjet	aválit aváledjet	avežat
3rd singular	avášii	aválii	aveža aveš
1st dual	avášeimme	aváleimme	avežetne
2nd dual	avášeidde	aváleidde	avežeahppi
3rd dual	avášeigga	aváleigga	avežeaba
1st plural	avášeimmet	aváleimmet	avežit avežat
2nd plural	avášeiddet	aváleiddet	avežēhpet
3rd plural	aváše avášedje	avále aváledje	avežit
connegative	aváše	avále	aveš

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