cuvket

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

cūvket

1. to break, to crush
2. to change (money)

Inflection

Contracted e-stem, no gradation
infinitive	cūvket
1st sing. present	cūvken
1st sing. past	cūvkejin
infinitive	cūvket	action noun	cūvken
present participle	cūvkejeaddji	action inessive	cūvkemin cūvkeme
past participle	cūvken	action elative	cūvkemis
agent participle	—	action comitative	cūvkemiin
		abessive	cūvkekeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	cūvken	cūvkejin	cūvkejēhkon
2nd singular	cūvket	cūvkejit	cūvke
3rd singular	cūvke	cūvkii	cūvkejēhkos
1st dual	cūvkejetne	cūvkiime	cūvkejeadnu cūvkejeahkku
2nd dual	cūvkebeahtti	cūvkiide	cūvkejeahkki
3rd dual	cūvkeba	cūvkiiga	cūvkejēhkoska
1st plural	cūvket	cūvkiimet	cūvkejētnot cūvkejēhkot cūvkejeahkkot cūvkejeadnot
2nd plural	cūvkebēhtet	cūvkiidet	cūvkejēhket
3rd plural	cūvkejit	cūvkejedje	cūvkejēhkoset
connegative	cūvke	cūvken	cūvke
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	cūvkešin cūvkešedjen	cūvkelin cūvkeledjen	cūvkežan
2nd singular	cūvkešit cūvkešedjet	cūvkelit cūvkeledjet	cūvkežat
3rd singular	cūvkešii	cūvkelii	cūvkeža cūvkeš
1st dual	cūvkešeimme	cūvkeleimme	cūvkežetne
2nd dual	cūvkešeidde	cūvkeleidde	cūvkežeahppi
3rd dual	cūvkešeigga	cūvkeleigga	cūvkežeaba
1st plural	cūvkešeimmet	cūvkeleimmet	cūvkežit cūvkežat
2nd plural	cūvkešeiddet	cūvkeleiddet	cūvkežēhpet
3rd plural	cūvkeše cūvkešedje	cūvkele cūvkeledje	cūvkežit
connegative	cūvkeše	cūvkele	cūvkeš

Related terms

• cuovka
• cuovkanit

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