seavvit

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

seavvit

1. to wave (with the hand or similar)

Inflection

Even i-stem, vv-v gradation
infinitive	seavvit
1st sing. present	seaván
1st sing. past	sēvven
infinitive	seavvit	action noun	seavvin
present participle	seavˈvi	action inessive	seavvimin seavvime
past participle	seavván	action elative	seavvimis
agent participle	—	action comitative	seavvimiin
		abessive	seavẹkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	seaván	sēvven	sēvvon
2nd singular	seavát	sēvvet	seavẹ
3rd singular	seavvá	sēvii	sēvvos
1st dual	sēvve	sēviime	seavˈvu
2nd dual	seavvibeahtti	sēviide	seavˈvi
3rd dual	seavviba	sēviiga	sēvvoska
1st plural	seavvit	sēviimet	sēvvot seavˈvut
2nd plural	seavvibēhtet	sēviidet	sēvvet seavˈvit
3rd plural	sēvvet	sēvve	sēvvoset
connegative	seavẹ	seavván	seavẹ
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	seavášin seavášedjen	seaválin seaváledjen	sēvežan
2nd singular	seavášit seavášedjet	seaválit seaváledjet	sēvežat
3rd singular	seavášii	seaválii	sēveža sēveš
1st dual	seavášeimme	seaváleimme	sēvežetne
2nd dual	seavášeidde	seaváleidde	sēvežeahppi
3rd dual	seavášeigga	seaváleigga	sēvežeaba
1st plural	seavášeimmet	seaváleimmet	sēvežit sēvežat
2nd plural	seavášeiddet	seaváleiddet	sēvežēhpet
3rd plural	seaváše seavášedje	seavále seaváledje	sēvežit
connegative	seaváše	seavále	sēveš

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