hupmat

Northern Sami

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Finnish hymistä.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

hupmat

1. to speak, talk

   Synonym: hállat

Inflection

Even a-stem, pm-m gradation
infinitive	hupmat
1st sing. present	human
1st sing. past	hupmen
infinitive	hupmat	action noun	hupman
present participle	hubmi	action inessive	hupmamin hupmame
past participle	hupman	action elative	hupmamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	hupmamiin
		abessive	humakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	human	hupmen	hupmon
2nd singular	humat	hupmet	huma
3rd singular	hupmá	humai	hupmos
1st dual	hupme	humaime	hubmu
2nd dual	hupmabeahtti	humaide	hubmi
3rd dual	hupmaba	humaiga	hupmoska
1st plural	hupmat	humaimet	hupmot hubmut
2nd plural	hupmabēhtet	humaidet	hupmet hubmit
3rd plural	hupmet	hupme	hupmoset
connegative	huma	hupman	huma
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	humašin humašedjen	humalin humaledjen	humažan
2nd singular	humašit humašedjet	humalit humaledjet	humažat
3rd singular	humašii	humalii	humaža humaš
1st dual	humašeimme	humaleimme	humažetne
2nd dual	humašeidde	humaleidde	humažeahppi
3rd dual	humašeigga	humaleigga	humažeaba
1st plural	humašeimmet	humaleimmet	humažit humažat
2nd plural	humašeiddet	humaleiddet	humažēhpet
3rd plural	humaše humašedje	humale humaledje	humažit
connegative	humaše	humale	humaš

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