geavahit

Northern Sami

Etymology

From geavvat +‎ -hit.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

geavahit

1. to use, to employ
2. to behave, to conduct oneself

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
infinitive	geavahit
1st sing. present	geavahan
1st sing. past	geavahin geavahedjen
infinitive	geavahit	action noun	geavaheapmi
present participle	geavaheaddji	action inessive	geavaheamen geavaheame
past participle	geavahan	action elative	geavaheamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	geavahēmiin
		abessive	geavatkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	geavahan	geavahin geavahedjen	geavahēhkon
2nd singular	geavahat	geavahit geavahedjet	geavat
3rd singular	geavaha	geavahii	geavahēhkos geavahus
1st dual	geavahetne	geavaheimme	geavaheadnu
2nd dual	geavaheahppi	geavaheidde	geavaheahkki
3rd dual	geavaheaba	geavaheigga	geavahēhkoska
1st plural	geavahit geavahat	geavaheimmet	geavahēhkot geavaheatnot
2nd plural	geavahēhpet	geavaheiddet	geavahēhket
3rd plural	geavahit	geavahe geavahedje	geavahēhkoset
connegative	geavat	geavahan	geavat
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	geavahivččen	—	geavaheaččan
2nd singular	geavahivččet	—	geavaheaččat
3rd singular	geavahivččii	—	geavaheš geavaheaš geavaheažžá
1st dual	geavahivččiime	—	geavahežže
2nd dual	geavahivččiide	—	geavaheažžabeahtti
3rd dual	geavahivččiiga	—	geavaheažžaba
1st plural	geavahivččiimet	—	geavaheažžat
2nd plural	geavahivččiidet	—	geavaheažžabehtet
3rd plural	geavahivčče	—	geavahežžet
connegative	geavahivčče	—	geavaheš geavaheaš geavaheačča

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