mearkkašit

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

mearkkašit

1. to note, to make note of
2. to mark
3. to mean, to denote

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
infinitive	mearkkašit
1st sing. present	mearkkašan
1st sing. past	mearkkašin mearkkašedjen
infinitive	mearkkašit	action noun	mearkkašeapmi
present participle	mearkkašeaddji	action inessive	mearkkašeamen mearkkašeame
past participle	mearkkašan	action elative	mearkkašeamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	mearkkašēmiin
		abessive	mearkkaškeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	mearkkašan	mearkkašin mearkkašedjen	mearkkašēhkon
2nd singular	mearkkašat	mearkkašit mearkkašedjet	mearkkaš
3rd singular	mearkkaša	mearkkašii	mearkkašēhkos mearkkašus
1st dual	mearkkašetne	mearkkašeimme	mearkkašeadnu
2nd dual	mearkkašeahppi	mearkkašeidde	mearkkašeahkki
3rd dual	mearkkašeaba	mearkkašeigga	mearkkašēhkoska
1st plural	mearkkašit mearkkašat	mearkkašeimmet	mearkkašēhkot mearkkašeatnot
2nd plural	mearkkašēhpet	mearkkašeiddet	mearkkašēhket
3rd plural	mearkkašit	mearkkaše mearkkašedje	mearkkašēhkoset
connegative	mearkkaš	mearkkašan	mearkkaš
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	mearkkašivččen	—	mearkkašeaččan
2nd singular	mearkkašivččet	—	mearkkašeaččat
3rd singular	mearkkašivččii	—	mearkkašeš mearkkašeaš mearkkašeažžá
1st dual	mearkkašivččiime	—	mearkkašežže
2nd dual	mearkkašivččiide	—	mearkkašeažžabeahtti
3rd dual	mearkkašivččiiga	—	mearkkašeažžaba
1st plural	mearkkašivččiimet	—	mearkkašeažžat
2nd plural	mearkkašivččiidet	—	mearkkašeažžabehtet
3rd plural	mearkkašivčče	—	mearkkašežžet
connegative	mearkkašivčče	—	mearkkašeš mearkkašeaš mearkkašeačča

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