borgat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

borgat

1. to blizzard, to flurry

Inflection

Even a-stem, rg-rgg gradation
infinitive	borgat
1st sing. present	borggan
1st sing. past	borgen
infinitive	borgat	action noun	borgan
present participle	borgi	action inessive	borgamin borgame
past participle	borgan	action elative	borgamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	borgamiin
		abessive	borggakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	borggan	borgen	borgon
2nd singular	borggat	borget	borgga
3rd singular	borgá	borggai	borgos
1st dual	borge	borggaime	borgu
2nd dual	borgabeahtti	borggaide	borgi
3rd dual	borgaba	borggaiga	borgoska
1st plural	borgat	borggaimet	borgot borgut
2nd plural	borgabēhtet	borggaidet	borget borgit
3rd plural	borget	borge	borgoset
connegative	borgga	borgan	borgga
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	borggašin borggašedjen	borggalin borggaledjen	borggažan
2nd singular	borggašit borggašedjet	borggalit borggaledjet	borggažat
3rd singular	borggašii	borggalii	borggaža borggaš
1st dual	borggašeimme	borggaleimme	borggažetne
2nd dual	borggašeidde	borggaleidde	borggažeahppi
3rd dual	borggašeigga	borggaleigga	borggažeaba
1st plural	borggašeimmet	borggaleimmet	borggažit borggažat
2nd plural	borggašeiddet	borggaleiddet	borggažēhpet
3rd plural	borggaše borggašedje	borggale borggaledje	borggažit
connegative	borggaše	borggale	borggaš

Related terms

• borga

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