vadjat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vëjëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

vadjat

1. to cut
2. to slice
3. to cut short, to clip
4. to mow

Inflection

Even a-stem, dj-j gradation
infinitive	vadjat
1st sing. present	vajan
1st sing. past	vadjen
infinitive	vadjat	action noun	vadjan
present participle	vaddji	action inessive	vadjamin vadjame
past participle	vadjan	action elative	vadjamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	vadjamiin
		abessive	vajakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	vajan	vadjen	vadjon
2nd singular	vajat	vadjet	vaja
3rd singular	vadjá	vajai	vadjos
1st dual	vadje	vajaime	vaddju
2nd dual	vadjabeahtti	vajaide	vaddji
3rd dual	vadjaba	vajaiga	vadjoska
1st plural	vadjat	vajaimet	vadjot vaddjut
2nd plural	vadjabēhtet	vajaidet	vadjet vaddjit
3rd plural	vadjet	vadje	vadjoset
connegative	vaja	vadjan	vaja
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	vajašin vajašedjen	vajalin vajaledjen	vajažan
2nd singular	vajašit vajašedjet	vajalit vajaledjet	vajažat
3rd singular	vajašii	vajalii	vajaža vajaš
1st dual	vajašeimme	vajaleimme	vajažetne
2nd dual	vajašeidde	vajaleidde	vajažeahppi
3rd dual	vajašeigga	vajaleigga	vajažeaba
1st plural	vajašeimmet	vajaleimmet	vajažit vajažat
2nd plural	vajašeiddet	vajaleiddet	vajažēhpet
3rd plural	vajaše vajašedje	vajale vajaledje	vajažit
connegative	vajaše	vajale	vajaš

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