oskut

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oskōtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

oskut

1. to believe [with locative ‘in something’] (in the existence of something, or religiously)

Inflection

Even u-stem, sk-skk gradation
infinitive	oskut
1st sing. present	oskkun
1st sing. past	oskon
infinitive	oskut	action noun	oskun
present participle	osku	action inessive	oskumin oskume
past participle	oskon	action elative	oskumis
agent participle	—	action comitative	oskumiin
		abessive	oskkọkeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	oskkun	oskon	oskon
2nd singular	oskkut	oskot	oskkọ
3rd singular	osku	oskkūi	oskos
1st dual	osko	oskkūime	osku
2nd dual	oskubeahtti	oskkūide	osku
3rd dual	oskuba	oskkūiga	oskoska
1st plural	oskut	oskkūimet	oskot oskut
2nd plural	oskubēhtet	oskkūidet	oskot oskut
3rd plural	oskot	osko	oskoset
connegative	oskkọ	oskon	oskkọ
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	oskkošin oskkošedjen	oskkolin oskkoledjen	oskkožan
2nd singular	oskkošit oskkošedjet	oskkolit oskkoledjet	oskkožat
3rd singular	oskkošii	oskkolii	oskkoža oskkoš
1st dual	oskkošeimme	oskkoleimme	oskkožetne
2nd dual	oskkošeidde	oskkoleidde	oskkožeahppi
3rd dual	oskkošeigga	oskkoleigga	oskkožeaba
1st plural	oskkošeimmet	oskkoleimmet	oskkožit oskkožat
2nd plural	oskkošeiddet	oskkoleiddet	oskkožēhpet
3rd plural	oskkoše oskkošedje	oskkole oskkoledje	oskkožit
connegative	oskkoše	oskkole	oskkoš

Related terms

• osku

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