báffat

See also: baffât

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish pauhata.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

báffat

1. to thunder, to boom

Inflection

Even a-stem, ff-f gradation
infinitive	báffat
1st sing. present	báfan
1st sing. past	báffen
infinitive	báffat	action noun	báffan
present participle	báfˈfi	action inessive	báffamin báffame
past participle	báffan	action elative	báffamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	báffamiin
		abessive	báfakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	báfan	báffen	báffon
2nd singular	báfat	báffet	báfa
3rd singular	báffá	báfai	báffos
1st dual	báffe	báfaime	báfˈfu
2nd dual	báffabeahtti	báfaide	báfˈfi
3rd dual	báffaba	báfaiga	báffoska
1st plural	báffat	báfaimet	báffot báfˈfut
2nd plural	báffabēhtet	báfaidet	báffet báfˈfit
3rd plural	báffet	báffe	báffoset
connegative	báfa	báffan	báfa
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	báfašin báfašedjen	báfalin báfaledjen	báfažan
2nd singular	báfašit báfašedjet	báfalit báfaledjet	báfažat
3rd singular	báfašii	báfalii	báfaža báfaš
1st dual	báfašeimme	báfaleimme	báfažetne
2nd dual	báfašeidde	báfaleidde	báfažeahppi
3rd dual	báfašeigga	báfaleigga	báfažeaba
1st plural	báfašeimmet	báfaleimmet	báfažit báfažat
2nd plural	báfašeiddet	báfaleiddet	báfažēhpet
3rd plural	báfaše báfašedje	báfale báfaledje	báfažit
connegative	báfaše	báfale	báfaš

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