riepmat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

riepmat

1. to begin, to start

Inflection

Even a-stem, pm-m gradation
infinitive	riepmat
1st sing. present	rieman
1st sing. past	rīpmen
infinitive	riepmat	action noun	riepman
present participle	riebmi	action inessive	riepmamin riepmame
past participle	riepman	action elative	riepmamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	riepmamiin
		abessive	riemakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	rieman	rīpmen	rīpmon
2nd singular	riemat	rīpmet	riema
3rd singular	riepmá	riemai	rīpmos
1st dual	rīpme	riemaime	riebmu
2nd dual	riepmabeahtti	riemaide	riebmi
3rd dual	riepmaba	riemaiga	rīpmoska
1st plural	riepmat	riemaimet	rīpmot riebmut
2nd plural	riepmabēhtet	riemaidet	rīpmet riebmit
3rd plural	rīpmet	rīpme	rīpmoset
connegative	riema	riepman	riema
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	riemašin riemašedjen	riemalin riemaledjen	riemažan
2nd singular	riemašit riemašedjet	riemalit riemaledjet	riemažat
3rd singular	riemašii	riemalii	riemaža riemaš
1st dual	riemašeimme	riemaleimme	riemažetne
2nd dual	riemašeidde	riemaleidde	riemažeahppi
3rd dual	riemašeigga	riemaleigga	riemažeaba
1st plural	riemašeimmet	riemaleimmet	riemažit riemažat
2nd plural	riemašeiddet	riemaleiddet	riemažēhpet
3rd plural	riemaše riemašedje	riemale riemaledje	riemažit
connegative	riemaše	riemale	riemaš

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