giksat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

giksat

1. to cook
2. to ripen
3. to mature

Inflection

Even a-stem, ks-vss gradation
infinitive	giksat
1st sing. present	givssan
1st sing. past	giksen
infinitive	giksat	action noun	giksan
present participle	giksi	action inessive	giksamin giksame
past participle	giksan	action elative	giksamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	giksamiin
		abessive	givssakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	givssan	giksen	gikson
2nd singular	givssat	gikset	givssa
3rd singular	giksá	givssai	giksos
1st dual	gikse	givssaime	giksu
2nd dual	giksabeahtti	givssaide	giksi
3rd dual	giksaba	givssaiga	giksoska
1st plural	giksat	givssaimet	giksot giksut
2nd plural	giksabēhtet	givssaidet	gikset giksit
3rd plural	gikset	gikse	giksoset
connegative	givssa	giksan	givssa
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	givssašin givssašedjen	givssalin givssaledjen	givssažan
2nd singular	givssašit givssašedjet	givssalit givssaledjet	givssažat
3rd singular	givssašii	givssalii	givssaža givssaš
1st dual	givssašeimme	givssaleimme	givssažetne
2nd dual	givssašeidde	givssaleidde	givssažeahppi
3rd dual	givssašeigga	givssaleigga	givssažeaba
1st plural	givssašeimmet	givssaleimmet	givssažit givssažat
2nd plural	givssašeiddet	givssaleiddet	givssažēhpet
3rd plural	givssaše givssašedje	givssale givssaledje	givssažit
connegative	givssaše	givssale	givssaš

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