gokčat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kopčëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

gokčat

1. to cover
2. to close, to shut

Inflection

Even a-stem, kč-včč gradation
infinitive	gokčat
1st sing. present	govččan
1st sing. past	gokčen
infinitive	gokčat	action noun	gokčan
present participle	gokči	action inessive	gokčamin gokčame
past participle	gokčan	action elative	gokčamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	gokčamiin
		abessive	govččakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	govččan	gokčen	gokčon
2nd singular	govččat	gokčet	govčča
3rd singular	gokčá	govččai	gokčos
1st dual	gokče	govččaime	gokču
2nd dual	gokčabeahtti	govččaide	gokči
3rd dual	gokčaba	govččaiga	gokčoska
1st plural	gokčat	govččaimet	gokčot gokčut
2nd plural	gokčabēhtet	govččaidet	gokčet gokčit
3rd plural	gokčet	gokče	gokčoset
connegative	govčča	gokčan	govčča
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	govččašin govččašedjen	govččalin govččaledjen	govččažan
2nd singular	govččašit govččašedjet	govččalit govččaledjet	govččažat
3rd singular	govččašii	govččalii	govččaža govččaš
1st dual	govččašeimme	govččaleimme	govččažetne
2nd dual	govččašeidde	govččaleidde	govččažeahppi
3rd dual	govččašeigga	govččaleigga	govččažeaba
1st plural	govččašeimmet	govččaleimmet	govččažit govččažat
2nd plural	govččašeiddet	govččaleiddet	govččažēhpet
3rd plural	govččaše govččašedje	govččale govččaledje	govččažit
connegative	govččaše	govččale	govččaš

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