dutkat

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish tutkia.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

dutkat

1. to examine, to investigate

Inflection

Even a-stem, tk-tkk gradation
infinitive	dutkat
1st sing. present	dutkkan
1st sing. past	dutken
infinitive	dutkat	action noun	dutkan
present participle	dutki	action inessive	dutkamin dutkame
past participle	dutkan	action elative	dutkamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	dutkamiin
		abessive	dutkkakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	dutkkan	dutken	dutkon
2nd singular	dutkkat	dutket	dutkka
3rd singular	dutká	dutkkai	dutkos
1st dual	dutke	dutkkaime	dutku
2nd dual	dutkabeahtti	dutkkaide	dutki
3rd dual	dutkaba	dutkkaiga	dutkoska
1st plural	dutkat	dutkkaimet	dutkot dutkut
2nd plural	dutkabēhtet	dutkkaidet	dutket dutkit
3rd plural	dutket	dutke	dutkoset
connegative	dutkka	dutkan	dutkka
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	dutkkašin dutkkašedjen	dutkkalin dutkkaledjen	dutkkažan
2nd singular	dutkkašit dutkkašedjet	dutkkalit dutkkaledjet	dutkkažat
3rd singular	dutkkašii	dutkkalii	dutkkaža dutkkaš
1st dual	dutkkašeimme	dutkkaleimme	dutkkažetne
2nd dual	dutkkašeidde	dutkkaleidde	dutkkažeahppi
3rd dual	dutkkašeigga	dutkkaleigga	dutkkažeaba
1st plural	dutkkašeimmet	dutkkaleimmet	dutkkažit dutkkažat
2nd plural	dutkkašeiddet	dutkkaleiddet	dutkkažēhpet
3rd plural	dutkkaše dutkkašedje	dutkkale dutkkaledje	dutkkažit
connegative	dutkkaše	dutkkale	dutkkaš

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland