bohkat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

bohkat

1. to drill, to bore (make a hole)

Inflection

Even a-stem, hk-g gradation
infinitive	bohkat
1st sing. present	bogan
1st sing. past	bohken
infinitive	bohkat	action noun	bohkan
present participle	bohkki	action inessive	bohkamin bohkame
past participle	bohkan	action elative	bohkamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	bohkamiin
		abessive	bogakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	bogan	bohken	bohkon
2nd singular	bogat	bohket	boga
3rd singular	bohká	bogai	bohkos
1st dual	bohke	bogaime	bohkku
2nd dual	bohkabeahtti	bogaide	bohkki
3rd dual	bohkaba	bogaiga	bohkoska
1st plural	bohkat	bogaimet	bohkot bohkkut
2nd plural	bohkabēhtet	bogaidet	bohket bohkkit
3rd plural	bohket	bohke	bohkoset
connegative	boga	bohkan	boga
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	bogašin bogašedjen	bogalin bogaledjen	bogažan
2nd singular	bogašit bogašedjet	bogalit bogaledjet	bogažat
3rd singular	bogašii	bogalii	bogaža bogaš
1st dual	bogašeimme	bogaleimme	bogažetne
2nd dual	bogašeidde	bogaleidde	bogažeahppi
3rd dual	bogašeigga	bogaleigga	bogažeaba
1st plural	bogašeimmet	bogaleimmet	bogažit bogažat
2nd plural	bogašeiddet	bogaleiddet	bogažēhpet
3rd plural	bogaše bogašedje	bogale bogaledje	bogažit
connegative	bogaše	bogale	bogaš

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