guhkkat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

guhkkat

1. to cuckoo

Inflection

Even a-stem, hkk-hk gradation
infinitive	guhkkat
1st sing. present	guhkan
1st sing. past	guhkken
infinitive	guhkkat	action noun	guhkkan
present participle	guhkki	action inessive	guhkkamin guhkkame
past participle	guhkkan	action elative	guhkkamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	guhkkamiin
		abessive	guhkakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	guhkan	guhkken	guhkkon
2nd singular	guhkat	guhkket	guhka
3rd singular	guhkká	guhkai	guhkkos
1st dual	guhkke	guhkaime	guhkku
2nd dual	guhkkabeahtti	guhkaide	guhkki
3rd dual	guhkkaba	guhkaiga	guhkkoska
1st plural	guhkkat	guhkaimet	guhkkot guhkkut
2nd plural	guhkkabēhtet	guhkaidet	guhkket guhkkit
3rd plural	guhkket	guhkke	guhkkoset
connegative	guhka	guhkkan	guhka
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	guhkašin guhkašedjen	guhkalin guhkaledjen	guhkažan
2nd singular	guhkašit guhkašedjet	guhkalit guhkaledjet	guhkažat
3rd singular	guhkašii	guhkalii	guhkaža guhkaš
1st dual	guhkašeimme	guhkaleimme	guhkažetne
2nd dual	guhkašeidde	guhkaleidde	guhkažeahppi
3rd dual	guhkašeigga	guhkaleigga	guhkažeaba
1st plural	guhkašeimmet	guhkaleimmet	guhkažit guhkažat
2nd plural	guhkašeiddet	guhkaleiddet	guhkažēhpet
3rd plural	guhkaše guhkašedje	guhkale guhkaledje	guhkažit
connegative	guhkaše	guhkale	guhkaš

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