njiellat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńielëtēk, from Proto-Uralic *ńäle-.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

njiellat

1. to swallow

Inflection

Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
infinitive	njiellat
1st sing. present	njielan
1st sing. past	njīllen
infinitive	njiellat	action noun	njiellan
present participle	njielˈli	action inessive	njiellamin njiellame
past participle	njiellan	action elative	njiellamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	njiellamiin
		abessive	njielakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	njielan	njīllen	njīllon
2nd singular	njielat	njīllet	njiela
3rd singular	njiellá	njielai	njīllos
1st dual	njīlle	njielaime	njielˈlu
2nd dual	njiellabeahtti	njielaide	njielˈli
3rd dual	njiellaba	njielaiga	njīlloska
1st plural	njiellat	njielaimet	njīllot njielˈlut
2nd plural	njiellabēhtet	njielaidet	njīllet njielˈlit
3rd plural	njīllet	njīlle	njīlloset
connegative	njiela	njiellan	njiela
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	njielašin njielašedjen	njielalin njielaledjen	njielažan
2nd singular	njielašit njielašedjet	njielalit njielaledjet	njielažat
3rd singular	njielašii	njielalii	njielaža njielaš
1st dual	njielašeimme	njielaleimme	njielažetne
2nd dual	njielašeidde	njielaleidde	njielažeahppi
3rd dual	njielašeigga	njielaleigga	njielažeaba
1st plural	njielašeimmet	njielaleimmet	njielažit njielažat
2nd plural	njielašeiddet	njielaleiddet	njielažēhpet
3rd plural	njielaše njielašedje	njielale njielaledje	njielažit
connegative	njielaše	njielale	njielaš

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