cuovkanit

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *cuopkënëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

cuovkanit

1. to break, to shatter, to fall apart

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
infinitive	cuovkanit
1st sing. present	cuovkanan
1st sing. past	cuovkanin cuovkanedjen
infinitive	cuovkanit	action noun	cuovkaneapmi
present participle	cuovkaneaddji	action inessive	cuovkaneamen cuovkaneame
past participle	cuovkanan	action elative	cuovkaneamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	cuovkanēmiin
		abessive	cuovkankeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	cuovkanan	cuovkanin cuovkanedjen	cuovkanēhkon
2nd singular	cuovkanat	cuovkanit cuovkanedjet	cuovkan
3rd singular	cuovkana	cuovkanii	cuovkanēhkos cuovkanus
1st dual	cuovkanetne	cuovkaneimme	cuovkaneadnu
2nd dual	cuovkaneahppi	cuovkaneidde	cuovkaneahkki
3rd dual	cuovkaneaba	cuovkaneigga	cuovkanēhkoska
1st plural	cuovkanit cuovkanat	cuovkaneimmet	cuovkanēhkot cuovkaneatnot
2nd plural	cuovkanēhpet	cuovkaneiddet	cuovkanēhket
3rd plural	cuovkanit	cuovkane cuovkanedje	cuovkanēhkoset
connegative	cuovkan	cuovkanan	cuovkan
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	cuovkanivččen	—	cuovkaneaččan
2nd singular	cuovkanivččet	—	cuovkaneaččat
3rd singular	cuovkanivččii	—	cuovkaneš cuovkaneaš cuovkaneažžá
1st dual	cuovkanivččiime	—	cuovkanežže
2nd dual	cuovkanivččiide	—	cuovkaneažžabeahtti
3rd dual	cuovkanivččiiga	—	cuovkaneažžaba
1st plural	cuovkanivččiimet	—	cuovkaneažžat
2nd plural	cuovkanivččiidet	—	cuovkaneažžabehtet
3rd plural	cuovkanivčče	—	cuovkanežžet
connegative	cuovkanivčče	—	cuovkaneš cuovkaneaš cuovkaneačča

Derived terms

• cuovkaneapmi

Related terms

• cuovka
• cūvket

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