seassat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

seassat

1. to examine, to inspect
2. to repair

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
infinitive	seassat
1st sing. present	seasan
1st sing. past	sēssen
infinitive	seassat	action noun	seassan
present participle	seasˈsi	action inessive	seassamin seassame
past participle	seassan	action elative	seassamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	seassamiin
		abessive	seasakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	seasan	sēssen	sēsson
2nd singular	seasat	sēsset	seasa
3rd singular	seassá	seasai	sēssos
1st dual	sēsse	seasaime	seasˈsu
2nd dual	seassabeahtti	seasaide	seasˈsi
3rd dual	seassaba	seasaiga	sēssoska
1st plural	seassat	seasaimet	sēssot seasˈsut
2nd plural	seassabēhtet	seasaidet	sēsset seasˈsit
3rd plural	sēsset	sēsse	sēssoset
connegative	seasa	seassan	seasa
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	seasašin seasašedjen	seasalin seasaledjen	seasažan
2nd singular	seasašit seasašedjet	seasalit seasaledjet	seasažat
3rd singular	seasašii	seasalii	seasaža seasaš
1st dual	seasašeimme	seasaleimme	seasažetne
2nd dual	seasašeidde	seasaleidde	seasažeahppi
3rd dual	seasašeigga	seasaleigga	seasažeaba
1st plural	seasašeimmet	seasaleimmet	seasažit seasažat
2nd plural	seasašeiddet	seasaleiddet	seasažēhpet
3rd plural	seasaše seasašedje	seasale seasaledje	seasažit
connegative	seasaše	seasale	seasaš

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