gossat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kosëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gossat

1. to cough

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
infinitive	gossat
1st sing. present	gosan
1st sing. past	gossen
infinitive	gossat	action noun	gossan
present participle	gosˈsi	action inessive	gossamin gossame
past participle	gossan	action elative	gossamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	gossamiin
		abessive	gosakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	gosan	gossen	gosson
2nd singular	gosat	gosset	gosa
3rd singular	gossá	gosai	gossos
1st dual	gosse	gosaime	gosˈsu
2nd dual	gossabeahtti	gosaide	gosˈsi
3rd dual	gossaba	gosaiga	gossoska
1st plural	gossat	gosaimet	gossot gosˈsut
2nd plural	gossabēhtet	gosaidet	gosset gosˈsit
3rd plural	gosset	gosse	gossoset
connegative	gosa	gossan	gosa
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	gosašin gosašedjen	gosalin gosaledjen	gosažan
2nd singular	gosašit gosašedjet	gosalit gosaledjet	gosažat
3rd singular	gosašii	gosalii	gosaža gosaš
1st dual	gosašeimme	gosaleimme	gosažetne
2nd dual	gosašeidde	gosaleidde	gosažeahppi
3rd dual	gosašeigga	gosaleigga	gosažeaba
1st plural	gosašeimmet	gosaleimmet	gosažit gosažat
2nd plural	gosašeiddet	gosaleiddet	gosažēhpet
3rd plural	gosaše gosašedje	gosale gosaledje	gosažit
connegative	gosaše	gosale	gosaš

Derived terms

• gosahit

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