lapmat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *lëmëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

lapmat

1. to crouch down (in order to hide oneself)

Inflection

Even a-stem, pm-m gradation
infinitive	lapmat
1st sing. present	laman
1st sing. past	lapmen
infinitive	lapmat	action noun	lapman
present participle	labmi	action inessive	lapmamin lapmame
past participle	lapman	action elative	lapmamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	lapmamiin
		abessive	lamakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	laman	lapmen	lapmon
2nd singular	lamat	lapmet	lama
3rd singular	lapmá	lamai	lapmos
1st dual	lapme	lamaime	labmu
2nd dual	lapmabeahtti	lamaide	labmi
3rd dual	lapmaba	lamaiga	lapmoska
1st plural	lapmat	lamaimet	lapmot labmut
2nd plural	lapmabēhtet	lamaidet	lapmet labmit
3rd plural	lapmet	lapme	lapmoset
connegative	lama	lapman	lama
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	lamašin lamašedjen	lamalin lamaledjen	lamažan
2nd singular	lamašit lamašedjet	lamalit lamaledjet	lamažat
3rd singular	lamašii	lamalii	lamaža lamaš
1st dual	lamašeimme	lamaleimme	lamažetne
2nd dual	lamašeidde	lamaleidde	lamažeahppi
3rd dual	lamašeigga	lamaleigga	lamažeaba
1st plural	lamašeimmet	lamaleimmet	lamažit lamažat
2nd plural	lamašeiddet	lamaleiddet	lamažēhpet
3rd plural	lamaše lamašedje	lamale lamaledje	lamažit
connegative	lamaše	lamale	lamaš

Derived terms

• labmát

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