botnjat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pońëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

botnjat

1. to twist
2. to turn

Inflection

Even a-stem, tnj-nj gradation
infinitive	botnjat
1st sing. present	bonjan
1st sing. past	botnjen
infinitive	botnjat	action noun	botnjan
present participle	bodnji	action inessive	botnjamin botnjame
past participle	botnjan	action elative	botnjamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	botnjamiin
		abessive	bonjakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	bonjan	botnjen	botnjon
2nd singular	bonjat	botnjet	bonja
3rd singular	botnjá	bonjai	botnjos
1st dual	botnje	bonjaime	bodnju
2nd dual	botnjabeahtti	bonjaide	bodnji
3rd dual	botnjaba	bonjaiga	botnjoska
1st plural	botnjat	bonjaimet	botnjot bodnjut
2nd plural	botnjabēhtet	bonjaidet	botnjet bodnjit
3rd plural	botnjet	botnje	botnjoset
connegative	bonja	botnjan	bonja
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	bonjašin bonjašedjen	bonjalin bonjaledjen	bonjažan
2nd singular	bonjašit bonjašedjet	bonjalit bonjaledjet	bonjažat
3rd singular	bonjašii	bonjalii	bonjaža bonjaš
1st dual	bonjašeimme	bonjaleimme	bonjažetne
2nd dual	bonjašeidde	bonjaleidde	bonjažeahppi
3rd dual	bonjašeigga	bonjaleigga	bonjažeaba
1st plural	bonjašeimmet	bonjaleimmet	bonjažit bonjažat
2nd plural	bonjašeiddet	bonjaleiddet	bonjažēhpet
3rd plural	bonjaše bonjašedje	bonjale bonjaledje	bonjažit
connegative	bonjaše	bonjale	bonjaš

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