gávdnat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāvnëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gávdnat

1. to find, to locate
2. to uncover

Inflection

Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
infinitive	gávdnat
1st sing. present	gávnnan
1st sing. past	gávdnen
infinitive	gávdnat	action noun	gávdnan
present participle	gávdni	action inessive	gávdnamin gávdname
past participle	gávdnan	action elative	gávdnamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	gávdnamiin
		abessive	gávnnakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	gávnnan	gávdnen	gávdnon
2nd singular	gávnnat	gávdnet	gávnna
3rd singular	gávdná	gávnnai	gávdnos
1st dual	gávdne	gávnnaime	gávdnu
2nd dual	gávdnabeahtti	gávnnaide	gávdni
3rd dual	gávdnaba	gávnnaiga	gávdnoska
1st plural	gávdnat	gávnnaimet	gávdnot gávdnut
2nd plural	gávdnabēhtet	gávnnaidet	gávdnet gávdnit
3rd plural	gávdnet	gávdne	gávdnoset
connegative	gávnna	gávdnan	gávnna
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	gávnnašin gávnnašedjen	gávnnalin gávnnaledjen	gávnnažan
2nd singular	gávnnašit gávnnašedjet	gávnnalit gávnnaledjet	gávnnažat
3rd singular	gávnnašii	gávnnalii	gávnnaža gávnnaš
1st dual	gávnnašeimme	gávnnaleimme	gávnnažetne
2nd dual	gávnnašeidde	gávnnaleidde	gávnnažeahppi
3rd dual	gávnnašeigga	gávnnaleigga	gávnnažeaba
1st plural	gávnnašeimmet	gávnnaleimmet	gávnnažit gávnnažat
2nd plural	gávnnašeiddet	gávnnaleiddet	gávnnažēhpet
3rd plural	gávnnaše gávnnašedje	gávnnale gávnnaledje	gávnnažit
connegative	gávnnaše	gávnnale	gávnnaš

Derived terms

• gávdnot

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

Ume Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāvnëtēk.

Verb

gávdnat

1. to find, to locate

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• gå̄vdnat

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland