gohpat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

gohpat

1. to gouge
2. to engrave, to carve

Inflection

Even a-stem, hp-b gradation
infinitive	gohpat
1st sing. present	goban
1st sing. past	gohpen
infinitive	gohpat	action noun	gohpan
present participle	gohppi	action inessive	gohpamin gohpame
past participle	gohpan	action elative	gohpamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	gohpamiin
		abessive	gobakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	goban	gohpen	gohpon
2nd singular	gobat	gohpet	goba
3rd singular	gohpá	gobai	gohpos
1st dual	gohpe	gobaime	gohppu
2nd dual	gohpabeahtti	gobaide	gohppi
3rd dual	gohpaba	gobaiga	gohposka
1st plural	gohpat	gobaimet	gohpot gohpput
2nd plural	gohpabēhtet	gobaidet	gohpet gohppit
3rd plural	gohpet	gohpe	gohposet
connegative	goba	gohpan	goba
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	gobašin gobašedjen	gobalin gobaledjen	gobažan
2nd singular	gobašit gobašedjet	gobalit gobaledjet	gobažat
3rd singular	gobašii	gobalii	gobaža gobaš
1st dual	gobašeimme	gobaleimme	gobažetne
2nd dual	gobašeidde	gobaleidde	gobažeahppi
3rd dual	gobašeigga	gobaleigga	gobažeaba
1st plural	gobašeimmet	gobaleimmet	gobažit gobažat
2nd plural	gobašeiddet	gobaleiddet	gobažēhpet
3rd plural	gobaše gobašedje	gobale gobaledje	gobažit
connegative	gobaše	gobale	gobaš

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