dovdat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tomtëtēk, from Proto-Uralic *tumte-.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

dovdat

1. to feel
2. to know, to recognise

Inflection

Even a-stem, vd-vdd gradation
infinitive	dovdat
1st sing. present	dovddan
1st sing. past	dovden
infinitive	dovdat	action noun	dovdan
present participle	dovdi	action inessive	dovdamin dovdame
past participle	dovdan	action elative	dovdamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	dovdamiin
		abessive	dovddakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	dovddan	dovden	dovdon
2nd singular	dovddat	dovdet	dovdda
3rd singular	dovdá	dovddai	dovdos
1st dual	dovde	dovddaime	dovdu
2nd dual	dovdabeahtti	dovddaide	dovdi
3rd dual	dovdaba	dovddaiga	dovdoska
1st plural	dovdat	dovddaimet	dovdot dovdut
2nd plural	dovdabēhtet	dovddaidet	dovdet dovdit
3rd plural	dovdet	dovde	dovdoset
connegative	dovdda	dovdan	dovdda
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	dovddašin dovddašedjen	dovddalin dovddaledjen	dovddažan
2nd singular	dovddašit dovddašedjet	dovddalit dovddaledjet	dovddažat
3rd singular	dovddašii	dovddalii	dovddaža dovddaš
1st dual	dovddašeimme	dovddaleimme	dovddažetne
2nd dual	dovddašeidde	dovddaleidde	dovddažeahppi
3rd dual	dovddašeigga	dovddaleigga	dovddažeaba
1st plural	dovddašeimmet	dovddaleimmet	dovddažit dovddažat
2nd plural	dovddašeiddet	dovddaleiddet	dovddažēhpet
3rd plural	dovddaše dovddašedje	dovddale dovddaledje	dovddažit
connegative	dovddaše	dovddale	dovddaš

Derived terms

• dovddaldat

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