cuvzat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

cuvzat

1. to nag

Inflection

Even a-stem, vz-vzz gradation
infinitive	cuvzat
1st sing. present	cuvzzan
1st sing. past	cuvzen
infinitive	cuvzat	action noun	cuvzan
present participle	cuvzi	action inessive	cuvzamin cuvzame
past participle	cuvzan	action elative	cuvzamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	cuvzamiin
		abessive	cuvzzakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	cuvzzan	cuvzen	cuvzon
2nd singular	cuvzzat	cuvzet	cuvzza
3rd singular	cuvzá	cuvzzai	cuvzos
1st dual	cuvze	cuvzzaime	cuvzu
2nd dual	cuvzabeahtti	cuvzzaide	cuvzi
3rd dual	cuvzaba	cuvzzaiga	cuvzoska
1st plural	cuvzat	cuvzzaimet	cuvzot cuvzut
2nd plural	cuvzabēhtet	cuvzzaidet	cuvzet cuvzit
3rd plural	cuvzet	cuvze	cuvzoset
connegative	cuvzza	cuvzan	cuvzza
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	cuvzzašin cuvzzašedjen	cuvzzalin cuvzzaledjen	cuvzzažan
2nd singular	cuvzzašit cuvzzašedjet	cuvzzalit cuvzzaledjet	cuvzzažat
3rd singular	cuvzzašii	cuvzzalii	cuvzzaža cuvzzaš
1st dual	cuvzzašeimme	cuvzzaleimme	cuvzzažetne
2nd dual	cuvzzašeidde	cuvzzaleidde	cuvzzažeahppi
3rd dual	cuvzzašeigga	cuvzzaleigga	cuvzzažeaba
1st plural	cuvzzašeimmet	cuvzzaleimmet	cuvzzažit cuvzzažat
2nd plural	cuvzzašeiddet	cuvzzaleiddet	cuvzzažēhpet
3rd plural	cuvzzaše cuvzzašedje	cuvzzale cuvzzaledje	cuvzzažit
connegative	cuvzzaše	cuvzzale	cuvzzaš

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