orrut

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *orōtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

orrut

1. to live, to reside
2. to be

   Oro jaska. ― Be quiet.

3. to seem, to look

   Dát orru artet. ― This seems strange.

Inflection

Even u-stem, rr-r gradation
infinitive	orrut
1st sing. present	orun
1st sing. past	orron
infinitive	orrut	action noun	orrun
present participle	orˈru	action inessive	orrumin orrume
past participle	orron	action elative	orrumis
agent participle	—	action comitative	orrumiin
		abessive	orọkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	orun	orron	orron
2nd singular	orut	orrot	orọ
3rd singular	orru	orūi	orros
1st dual	orro	orūime	orˈru
2nd dual	orrubeahtti	orūide	orˈru
3rd dual	orruba	orūiga	orroska
1st plural	orrut	orūimet	orrot orˈrut
2nd plural	orrubēhtet	orūidet	orrot orˈrut
3rd plural	orrot	orro	orroset
connegative	orọ	orron	orọ
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	orošin orošedjen	orolin oroledjen	orožan
2nd singular	orošit orošedjet	orolit oroledjet	orožat
3rd singular	orošii	orolii	oroža oroš
1st dual	orošeimme	oroleimme	orožetne
2nd dual	orošeidde	oroleidde	orožeahppi
3rd dual	orošeigga	oroleigga	orožeaba
1st plural	orošeimmet	oroleimmet	orožit orožat
2nd plural	orošeiddet	oroleiddet	orožēhpet
3rd plural	oroše orošedje	orole oroledje	orožit
connegative	oroše	orole	oroš

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