spatnjat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Verb

spatnjat

1. to break while being bent
2. to speak with a high-pitched voice

Inflection

Even a-stem, tnj-nj gradation
infinitive	spatnjat
1st sing. present	spanjan
1st sing. past	spatnjen
infinitive	spatnjat	action noun	spatnjan
present participle	spadnji	action inessive	spatnjamin spatnjame
past participle	spatnjan	action elative	spatnjamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	spatnjamiin
		abessive	spanjakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	spanjan	spatnjen	spatnjon
2nd singular	spanjat	spatnjet	spanja
3rd singular	spatnjá	spanjai	spatnjos
1st dual	spatnje	spanjaime	spadnju
2nd dual	spatnjabeahtti	spanjaide	spadnji
3rd dual	spatnjaba	spanjaiga	spatnjoska
1st plural	spatnjat	spanjaimet	spatnjot spadnjut
2nd plural	spatnjabēhtet	spanjaidet	spatnjet spadnjit
3rd plural	spatnjet	spatnje	spatnjoset
connegative	spanja	spatnjan	spanja
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	spanjašin spanjašedjen	spanjalin spanjaledjen	spanjažan
2nd singular	spanjašit spanjašedjet	spanjalit spanjaledjet	spanjažat
3rd singular	spanjašii	spanjalii	spanjaža spanjaš
1st dual	spanjašeimme	spanjaleimme	spanjažetne
2nd dual	spanjašeidde	spanjaleidde	spanjažeahppi
3rd dual	spanjašeigga	spanjaleigga	spanjažeaba
1st plural	spanjašeimmet	spanjaleimmet	spanjažit spanjažat
2nd plural	spanjašeiddet	spanjaleiddet	spanjažēhpet
3rd plural	spanjaše spanjašedje	spanjale spanjaledje	spanjažit
connegative	spanjaše	spanjale	spanjaš

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