geavahit

Northern Sami

Etymology

From geavvat +‎ -hit.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkea̯vahih(t)/

Verb

geavahit

  1. to use, to employ
  2. to behave, to conduct oneself

Inflection
Odd, no gradation
infinitive geavahit
1st sing. present geavahan
1st sing. past geavahin
geavahedjen
infinitive geavahit action noun geavaheapmi
present participle geavaheaddji action inessive geavaheamen
geavaheame
past participle geavahan action elative geavaheamis
agent participle — action comitative geavahēmiin
abessive geavatkeahttá
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular geavahan geavahin
geavahedjen		 geavahēhkon
2nd singular geavahat geavahit
geavahedjet		 geavat
3rd singular geavaha geavahii geavahēhkos
geavahus
1st dual geavahetne geavaheimme geavaheadnu
2nd dual geavaheahppi geavaheidde geavaheahkki
3rd dual geavaheaba geavaheigga geavahēhkoska
1st plural geavahit
geavahat		 geavaheimmet geavahēhkot
geavaheatnot
2nd plural geavahēhpet geavaheiddet geavahēhket
3rd plural geavahit geavahe
geavahedje		 geavahēhkoset
connegative geavat geavahan geavat
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular geavahivččen — geavaheaččan
2nd singular geavahivččet — geavaheaččat
3rd singular geavahivččii — geavaheš
geavaheaš
geavaheažžá
1st dual geavahivččiime — geavahežže
2nd dual geavahivččiide — geavaheažžabeahtti
3rd dual geavahivččiiga — geavaheažžaba
1st plural geavahivččiimet — geavaheažžat
2nd plural geavahivččiidet — geavaheažžabehtet
3rd plural geavahivčče — geavahežžet
connegative geavahivčče — geavaheš
geavaheaš
geavaheačča

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
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