oatnut

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

oatnut

1. to shorten, to become shorter
2. to decrease, to become less

Inflection

Even u-stem, tn-n gradation
infinitive	oatnut
1st sing. present	oanun
1st sing. past	ōtnon
infinitive	oatnut	action noun	oatnun
present participle	oadnu	action inessive	oatnumin oatnume
past participle	ōtnon	action elative	oatnumis
agent participle	—	action comitative	oatnumiin
		abessive	oanọkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	oanun	ōtnon	ōtnon
2nd singular	oanut	ōtnot	oanọ
3rd singular	oatnu	oanūi	ōtnos
1st dual	ōtno	oanūime	oadnu
2nd dual	oatnubeahtti	oanūide	oadnu
3rd dual	oatnuba	oanūiga	ōtnoska
1st plural	oatnut	oanūimet	ōtnot oadnut
2nd plural	oatnubēhtet	oanūidet	ōtnot oadnut
3rd plural	ōtnot	ōtno	ōtnoset
connegative	oanọ	ōtnon	oanọ
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	ōnošin ōnošedjen	ōnolin ōnoledjen	ōnožan
2nd singular	ōnošit ōnošedjet	ōnolit ōnoledjet	ōnožat
3rd singular	ōnošii	ōnolii	ōnoža ōnoš
1st dual	ōnošeimme	ōnoleimme	ōnožetne
2nd dual	ōnošeidde	ōnoleidde	ōnožeahppi
3rd dual	ōnošeigga	ōnoleigga	ōnožeaba
1st plural	ōnošeimmet	ōnoleimmet	ōnožit ōnožat
2nd plural	ōnošeiddet	ōnoleiddet	ōnožēhpet
3rd plural	ōnoše ōnošedje	ōnole ōnoledje	ōnožit
connegative	ōnoše	ōnole	ōnoš

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