mihtidit

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish mitata. Related to Inari Sami mittediđ.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

mihtidit

1. to measure
2. to gauge

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
infinitive	mihtidit
1st sing. present	mihtidan
1st sing. past	mihtidin mihtidedjen
infinitive	mihtidit	action noun	mihtideapmi
present participle	mihtideaddji	action inessive	mihtideamen mihtideame
past participle	mihtidan	action elative	mihtideamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	mihtidēmiin
		abessive	mihtitkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	mihtidan	mihtidin mihtidedjen	mihtidēhkon
2nd singular	mihtidat	mihtidit mihtidedjet	mihtit
3rd singular	mihtida	mihtidii	mihtidēhkos mihtidus
1st dual	mihtidetne	mihtideimme	mihtideadnu
2nd dual	mihtideahppi	mihtideidde	mihtideahkki
3rd dual	mihtideaba	mihtideigga	mihtidēhkoska
1st plural	mihtidit mihtidat	mihtideimmet	mihtidēhkot mihtideatnot
2nd plural	mihtidēhpet	mihtideiddet	mihtidēhket
3rd plural	mihtidit	mihtide mihtidedje	mihtidēhkoset
connegative	mihtit	mihtidan	mihtit
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	mihtidivččen	—	mihtideaččan
2nd singular	mihtidivččet	—	mihtideaččat
3rd singular	mihtidivččii	—	mihtideš mihtideaš mihtideažžá
1st dual	mihtidivččiime	—	mihtidežže
2nd dual	mihtidivččiide	—	mihtideažžabeahtti
3rd dual	mihtidivččiiga	—	mihtideažžaba
1st plural	mihtidivččiimet	—	mihtideažžat
2nd plural	mihtidivččiidet	—	mihtideažžabehtet
3rd plural	mihtidivčče	—	mihtidežžet
connegative	mihtidivčče	—	mihtideš mihtideaš mihtideačča

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