njoarostit

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

njoarọstit

1. to throw a lasso
2. to lasso, to catch with a lasso

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
infinitive	njoarọstit
1st sing. present	njoarọstan
1st sing. past	njoarọstin njoarọstedjen
infinitive	njoarọstit	action noun	njoarọsteapmi
present participle	njoarọsteaddji	action inessive	njoarọsteamen njoarọsteame
past participle	njoarọstan	action elative	njoarọsteamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	njoarọstēmiin
		abessive	njoarọskeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	njoarọstan	njoarọstin njoarọstedjen	njoarọstēhkon
2nd singular	njoarọstat	njoarọstit njoarọstedjet	njoarọs
3rd singular	njoarọsta	njoarọstii	njoarọstēhkos njoarọstus
1st dual	njoarọstetne	njoarọsteimme	njoarọsteadnu
2nd dual	njoarọsteahppi	njoarọsteidde	njoarọsteahkki
3rd dual	njoarọsteaba	njoarọsteigga	njoarọstēhkoska
1st plural	njoarọstit njoarọstat	njoarọsteimmet	njoarọstēhkot njoarọsteatnot
2nd plural	njoarọstēhpet	njoarọsteiddet	njoarọstēhket
3rd plural	njoarọstit	njoarọste njoarọstedje	njoarọstēhkoset
connegative	njoarọs	njoarọstan	njoarọs
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	njoarọstivččen	—	njoarọsteaččan
2nd singular	njoarọstivččet	—	njoarọsteaččat
3rd singular	njoarọstivččii	—	njoarọsteš njoarọsteaš njoarọsteažžá
1st dual	njoarọstivččiime	—	njoarọstežže
2nd dual	njoarọstivččiide	—	njoarọsteažžabeahtti
3rd dual	njoarọstivččiiga	—	njoarọsteažžaba
1st plural	njoarọstivččiimet	—	njoarọsteažžat
2nd plural	njoarọstivččiidet	—	njoarọsteažžabehtet
3rd plural	njoarọstivčče	—	njoarọstežžet
connegative	njoarọstivčče	—	njoarọsteš njoarọsteaš njoarọsteačča

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