gilvit

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish kylvää.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gilvit

1. to sow, to plant
2. to grow, to cultivate
3. to spread, to strew

Inflection

Even i-stem, lv-lvv gradation
infinitive	gilvit
1st sing. present	gilvván
1st sing. past	gilven
infinitive	gilvit	action noun	gilvin
present participle	gilvi	action inessive	gilvimin gilvime
past participle	gilván	action elative	gilvimis
agent participle	—	action comitative	gilvimiin
		abessive	gilvvẹkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	gilvván	gilven	gilvon
2nd singular	gilvvát	gilvet	gilvvẹ
3rd singular	gilvá	gilvvii	gilvos
1st dual	gilve	gilvviime	gilvu
2nd dual	gilvibeahtti	gilvviide	gilvi
3rd dual	gilviba	gilvviiga	gilvoska
1st plural	gilvit	gilvviimet	gilvot gilvut
2nd plural	gilvibēhtet	gilvviidet	gilvet gilvit
3rd plural	gilvet	gilve	gilvoset
connegative	gilvvẹ	gilván	gilvvẹ
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	gilvvášin gilvvášedjen	gilvválin gilvváledjen	gilvvežan
2nd singular	gilvvášit gilvvášedjet	gilvválit gilvváledjet	gilvvežat
3rd singular	gilvvášii	gilvválii	gilvveža gilvveš
1st dual	gilvvášeimme	gilvváleimme	gilvvežetne
2nd dual	gilvvášeidde	gilvváleidde	gilvvežeahppi
3rd dual	gilvvášeigga	gilvváleigga	gilvvežeaba
1st plural	gilvvášeimmet	gilvváleimmet	gilvvežit gilvvežat
2nd plural	gilvvášeiddet	gilvváleiddet	gilvvežēhpet
3rd plural	gilvváše gilvvášedje	gilvvále gilvváledje	gilvvežit
connegative	gilvváše	gilvvále	gilvveš

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