njassat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

njassat

1. to slip down (of a belt)
2. to push one's belt down

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
infinitive	njassat
1st sing. present	njasan
1st sing. past	njassen
infinitive	njassat	action noun	njassan
present participle	njasˈsi	action inessive	njassamin njassame
past participle	njassan	action elative	njassamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	njassamiin
		abessive	njasakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	njasan	njassen	njasson
2nd singular	njasat	njasset	njasa
3rd singular	njassá	njasai	njassos
1st dual	njasse	njasaime	njasˈsu
2nd dual	njassabeahtti	njasaide	njasˈsi
3rd dual	njassaba	njasaiga	njassoska
1st plural	njassat	njasaimet	njassot njasˈsut
2nd plural	njassabēhtet	njasaidet	njasset njasˈsit
3rd plural	njasset	njasse	njassoset
connegative	njasa	njassan	njasa
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	njasašin njasašedjen	njasalin njasaledjen	njasažan
2nd singular	njasašit njasašedjet	njasalit njasaledjet	njasažat
3rd singular	njasašii	njasalii	njasaža njasaš
1st dual	njasašeimme	njasaleimme	njasažetne
2nd dual	njasašeidde	njasaleidde	njasažeahppi
3rd dual	njasašeigga	njasaleigga	njasažeaba
1st plural	njasašeimmet	njasaleimmet	njasažit njasažat
2nd plural	njasašeiddet	njasaleiddet	njasažēhpet
3rd plural	njasaše njasašedje	njasale njasaledje	njasažit
connegative	njasaše	njasale	njasaš

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