einnostit

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish ennustaa.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ēinnostit

1. to predict
2. to prophesy

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
infinitive	ēinnostit
1st sing. present	ēinnostan
1st sing. past	ēinnostin ēinnostedjen
infinitive	ēinnostit	action noun	ēinnosteapmi
present participle	ēinnosteaddji	action inessive	ēinnosteamen ēinnosteame
past participle	ēinnostan	action elative	ēinnosteamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	ēinnostēmiin
		abessive	ēinnoskeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	ēinnostan	ēinnostin ēinnostedjen	ēinnostēhkon
2nd singular	ēinnostat	ēinnostit ēinnostedjet	ēinnos
3rd singular	ēinnosta	ēinnostii	ēinnostēhkos ēinnostus
1st dual	ēinnostetne	ēinnosteimme	ēinnosteadnu
2nd dual	ēinnosteahppi	ēinnosteidde	ēinnosteahkki
3rd dual	ēinnosteaba	ēinnosteigga	ēinnostēhkoska
1st plural	ēinnostit ēinnostat	ēinnosteimmet	ēinnostēhkot ēinnosteatnot
2nd plural	ēinnostēhpet	ēinnosteiddet	ēinnostēhket
3rd plural	ēinnostit	ēinnoste ēinnostedje	ēinnostēhkoset
connegative	ēinnos	ēinnostan	ēinnos
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	ēinnostivččen	—	ēinnosteaččan
2nd singular	ēinnostivččet	—	ēinnosteaččat
3rd singular	ēinnostivččii	—	ēinnosteš ēinnosteaš ēinnosteažžá
1st dual	ēinnostivččiime	—	ēinnostežže
2nd dual	ēinnostivččiide	—	ēinnosteažžabeahtti
3rd dual	ēinnostivččiiga	—	ēinnosteažžaba
1st plural	ēinnostivččiimet	—	ēinnosteažžat
2nd plural	ēinnostivččiidet	—	ēinnosteažžabehtet
3rd plural	ēinnostivčče	—	ēinnostežžet
connegative	ēinnostivčče	—	ēinnosteš ēinnosteaš ēinnosteačča

Derived terms

• ēinnostus

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