giektat

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

giektat

1. to stain with soot

Inflection

Even a-stem, kt-vtt gradation
infinitive	giektat
1st sing. present	gievttan
1st sing. past	gīkten
infinitive	giektat	action noun	giektan
present participle	giekti	action inessive	giektamin giektame
past participle	giektan	action elative	giektamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	giektamiin
		abessive	gievttakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	gievttan	gīkten	gīkton
2nd singular	gievttat	gīktet	gievtta
3rd singular	giektá	gievttai	gīktos
1st dual	gīkte	gievttaime	giektu
2nd dual	giektabeahtti	gievttaide	giekti
3rd dual	giektaba	gievttaiga	gīktoska
1st plural	giektat	gievttaimet	gīktot giektut
2nd plural	giektabēhtet	gievttaidet	gīktet giektit
3rd plural	gīktet	gīkte	gīktoset
connegative	gievtta	giektan	gievtta
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	gievttašin gievttašedjen	gievttalin gievttaledjen	gievttažan
2nd singular	gievttašit gievttašedjet	gievttalit gievttaledjet	gievttažat
3rd singular	gievttašii	gievttalii	gievttaža gievttaš
1st dual	gievttašeimme	gievttaleimme	gievttažetne
2nd dual	gievttašeidde	gievttaleidde	gievttažeahppi
3rd dual	gievttašeigga	gievttaleigga	gievttažeaba
1st plural	gievttašeimmet	gievttaleimmet	gievttažit gievttažat
2nd plural	gievttašeiddet	gievttaleiddet	gievttažēhpet
3rd plural	gievttaše gievttašedje	gievttale gievttaledje	gievttažit
connegative	gievttaše	gievttale	gievttaš

Related terms

• giehpa

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