nohkkat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nokkëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

nohkkat

1. to fall asleep
2. to lie down (to sleep)

Inflection

Even a-stem, hkk-hk gradation
infinitive	nohkkat
1st sing. present	nohkan
1st sing. past	nohkken
infinitive	nohkkat	action noun	nohkkan
present participle	nohkki	action inessive	nohkkamin nohkkame
past participle	nohkkan	action elative	nohkkamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	nohkkamiin
		abessive	nohkakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	nohkan	nohkken	nohkkon
2nd singular	nohkat	nohkket	nohka
3rd singular	nohkká	nohkai	nohkkos
1st dual	nohkke	nohkaime	nohkku
2nd dual	nohkkabeahtti	nohkaide	nohkki
3rd dual	nohkkaba	nohkaiga	nohkkoska
1st plural	nohkkat	nohkaimet	nohkkot nohkkut
2nd plural	nohkkabēhtet	nohkaidet	nohkket nohkkit
3rd plural	nohkket	nohkke	nohkkoset
connegative	nohka	nohkkan	nohka
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	nohkašin nohkašedjen	nohkalin nohkaledjen	nohkažan
2nd singular	nohkašit nohkašedjet	nohkalit nohkaledjet	nohkažat
3rd singular	nohkašii	nohkalii	nohkaža nohkaš
1st dual	nohkašeimme	nohkaleimme	nohkažetne
2nd dual	nohkašeidde	nohkaleidde	nohkažeahppi
3rd dual	nohkašeigga	nohkaleigga	nohkažeaba
1st plural	nohkašeimmet	nohkaleimmet	nohkažit nohkažat
2nd plural	nohkašeiddet	nohkaleiddet	nohkažēhpet
3rd plural	nohkaše nohkašedje	nohkale nohkaledje	nohkažit
connegative	nohkaše	nohkale	nohkaš

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