duostat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tuostëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

duostat

1. to dare

Inflection

Even a-stem, st-stt gradation
infinitive	duostat
1st sing. present	duosttan
1st sing. past	dūsten
infinitive	duostat	action noun	duostan
present participle	duosti	action inessive	duostamin duostame
past participle	duostan	action elative	duostamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	duostamiin
		abessive	duosttakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	duosttan	dūsten	dūston
2nd singular	duosttat	dūstet	duostta
3rd singular	duostá	duosttai	dūstos
1st dual	dūste	duosttaime	duostu
2nd dual	duostabeahtti	duosttaide	duosti
3rd dual	duostaba	duosttaiga	dūstoska
1st plural	duostat	duosttaimet	dūstot duostut
2nd plural	duostabēhtet	duosttaidet	dūstet duostit
3rd plural	dūstet	dūste	dūstoset
connegative	duostta	duostan	duostta
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	duosttašin duosttašedjen	duosttalin duosttaledjen	duosttažan
2nd singular	duosttašit duosttašedjet	duosttalit duosttaledjet	duosttažat
3rd singular	duosttašii	duosttalii	duosttaža duosttaš
1st dual	duosttašeimme	duosttaleimme	duosttažetne
2nd dual	duosttašeidde	duosttaleidde	duosttažeahppi
3rd dual	duosttašeigga	duosttaleigga	duosttažeaba
1st plural	duosttašeimmet	duosttaleimmet	duosttažit duosttažat
2nd plural	duosttašeiddet	duosttaleiddet	duosttažēhpet
3rd plural	duosttaše duosttašedje	duosttale duosttaledje	duosttažit
connegative	duosttaše	duosttale	duosttaš

Derived terms

• duostil

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