njávgit

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

njávgit

1. to meow

   Synonym: njávgut

Inflection

Even i-stem, vg-vgg gradation
infinitive	njávgit
1st sing. present	njávggán
1st sing. past	njávgen
infinitive	njávgit	action noun	njávgin
present participle	njávgi	action inessive	njávgimin njávgime
past participle	njávgán	action elative	njávgimis
agent participle	—	action comitative	njávgimiin
		abessive	njávggẹkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	njávggán	njávgen	njávgon
2nd singular	njávggát	njávget	njávggẹ
3rd singular	njávgá	njávggii	njávgos
1st dual	njávge	njávggiime	njávgu
2nd dual	njávgibeahtti	njávggiide	njávgi
3rd dual	njávgiba	njávggiiga	njávgoska
1st plural	njávgit	njávggiimet	njávgot njávgut
2nd plural	njávgibēhtet	njávggiidet	njávget njávgit
3rd plural	njávget	njávge	njávgoset
connegative	njávggẹ	njávgán	njávggẹ
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	njávggášin njávggášedjen	njávggálin njávggáledjen	njávggežan
2nd singular	njávggášit njávggášedjet	njávggálit njávggáledjet	njávggežat
3rd singular	njávggášii	njávggálii	njávggeža njávggeš
1st dual	njávggášeimme	njávggáleimme	njávggežetne
2nd dual	njávggášeidde	njávggáleidde	njávggežeahppi
3rd dual	njávggášeigga	njávggáleigga	njávggežeaba
1st plural	njávggášeimmet	njávggáleimmet	njávggežit njávggežat
2nd plural	njávggášeiddet	njávggáleiddet	njávggežēhpet
3rd plural	njávggáše njávggášedje	njávggále njávggáledje	njávggežit
connegative	njávggáše	njávggále	njávggeš

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