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geavvat

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnic, probably through Finnish käydä, ultimately from Proto-Finnic *käüdäk.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkea̯vvah(t)/

Verb

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geavvat

  1. to rise
  2. to happen
  3. to progress
  4. to succeed

Inflection

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Even a-stem, vv-v gradation
infinitive geavvat
1st sing. present geavan
1st sing. past gēvven
infinitive geavvat action noun geavvan
present participle geavˈvi action inessive geavvamin
geavvame
past participle geavvan action elative geavvamis
agent participle action comitative geavvamiin
abessive geavakeahttá
present indicative past indicative imperative
1st singular geavan gēvven gēvvon
2nd singular geavat gēvvet geava
3rd singular geavvá geavai gēvvos
1st dual gēvve geavaime geavˈvu
2nd dual geavvabeahtti geavaide geavˈvi
3rd dual geavvaba geavaiga gēvvoska
1st plural geavvat geavaimet gēvvot
geavˈvut
2nd plural geavvabēhtet geavaidet gēvvet
geavˈvit
3rd plural gēvvet gēvve gēvvoset
connegative geava geavvan geava
conditional 1 conditional 2 potential
1st singular geavašin
geavašedjen
geavalin
geavaledjen
geavažan
2nd singular geavašit
geavašedjet
geavalit
geavaledjet
geavažat
3rd singular geavašii geavalii geavaža
geavaš
1st dual geavašeimme geavaleimme geavažetne
2nd dual geavašeidde geavaleidde geavažeahppi
3rd dual geavašeigga geavaleigga geavažeaba
1st plural geavašeimmet geavaleimmet geavažit
geavažat
2nd plural geavašeiddet geavaleiddet geavažēhpet
3rd plural geavaše
geavašedje
geavale
geavaledje
geavažit
connegative geavaše geavale geavaš

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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