leavvat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

leavvat

1. to spread
2. to sprawl

Inflection

Even a-stem, vv-v gradation
infinitive	leavvat
1st sing. present	leavan
1st sing. past	lēvven
infinitive	leavvat	action noun	leavvan
present participle	leavˈvi	action inessive	leavvamin leavvame
past participle	leavvan	action elative	leavvamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	leavvamiin
		abessive	leavakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	leavan	lēvven	lēvvon
2nd singular	leavat	lēvvet	leava
3rd singular	leavvá	leavai	lēvvos
1st dual	lēvve	leavaime	leavˈvu
2nd dual	leavvabeahtti	leavaide	leavˈvi
3rd dual	leavvaba	leavaiga	lēvvoska
1st plural	leavvat	leavaimet	lēvvot leavˈvut
2nd plural	leavvabēhtet	leavaidet	lēvvet leavˈvit
3rd plural	lēvvet	lēvve	lēvvoset
connegative	leava	leavvan	leava
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	leavašin leavašedjen	leavalin leavaledjen	leavažan
2nd singular	leavašit leavašedjet	leavalit leavaledjet	leavažat
3rd singular	leavašii	leavalii	leavaža leavaš
1st dual	leavašeimme	leavaleimme	leavažetne
2nd dual	leavašeidde	leavaleidde	leavažeahppi
3rd dual	leavašeigga	leavaleigga	leavažeaba
1st plural	leavašeimmet	leavaleimmet	leavažit leavažat
2nd plural	leavašeiddet	leavaleiddet	leavažēhpet
3rd plural	leavaše leavašedje	leavale leavaledje	leavažit
connegative	leavaše	leavale	leavaš

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