buohcat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *puocëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

buohcat

1. to be sick, to have a disease [with comitative ‘disease’]

Inflection

Even a-stem, hc-z gradation
infinitive	buohcat
1st sing. present	buozan
1st sing. past	būhcen
infinitive	buohcat	action noun	buohcan
present participle	buohcci	action inessive	buohcamin buohcame
past participle	buohcan	action elative	buohcamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	buohcamiin
		abessive	buozakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	buozan	būhcen	būhcon
2nd singular	buozat	būhcet	buoza
3rd singular	buohcá	buozai	būhcos
1st dual	būhce	buozaime	buohccu
2nd dual	buohcabeahtti	buozaide	buohcci
3rd dual	buohcaba	buozaiga	būhcoska
1st plural	buohcat	buozaimet	būhcot buohccut
2nd plural	buohcabēhtet	buozaidet	būhcet buohccit
3rd plural	būhcet	būhce	būhcoset
connegative	buoza	buohcan	buoza
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	buozašin buozašedjen	buozalin buozaledjen	buozažan
2nd singular	buozašit buozašedjet	buozalit buozaledjet	buozažat
3rd singular	buozašii	buozalii	buozaža buozaš
1st dual	buozašeimme	buozaleimme	buozažetne
2nd dual	buozašeidde	buozaleidde	buozažeahppi
3rd dual	buozašeigga	buozaleigga	buozažeaba
1st plural	buozašeimmet	buozaleimmet	buozažit buozažat
2nd plural	buozašeiddet	buozaleiddet	buozažēhpet
3rd plural	buozaše buozašedje	buozale buozaledje	buozažit
connegative	buozaše	buozale	buozaš

Derived terms

• buohccát

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