sávvat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

sávvat

1. to wish
2. to hope

Inflection

Even a-stem, vv-v gradation
infinitive	sávvat
1st sing. present	sávan
1st sing. past	sávven
infinitive	sávvat	action noun	sávvan
present participle	sávˈvi	action inessive	sávvamin sávvame
past participle	sávvan	action elative	sávvamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	sávvamiin
		abessive	sávakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	sávan	sávven	sávvon
2nd singular	sávat	sávvet	sáva
3rd singular	sávvá	sávai	sávvos
1st dual	sávve	sávaime	sávˈvu
2nd dual	sávvabeahtti	sávaide	sávˈvi
3rd dual	sávvaba	sávaiga	sávvoska
1st plural	sávvat	sávaimet	sávvot sávˈvut
2nd plural	sávvabēhtet	sávaidet	sávvet sávˈvit
3rd plural	sávvet	sávve	sávvoset
connegative	sáva	sávvan	sáva
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	sávašin sávašedjen	sávalin sávaledjen	sávažan
2nd singular	sávašit sávašedjet	sávalit sávaledjet	sávažat
3rd singular	sávašii	sávalii	sávaža sávaš
1st dual	sávašeimme	sávaleimme	sávažetne
2nd dual	sávašeidde	sávaleidde	sávažeahppi
3rd dual	sávašeigga	sávaleigga	sávažeaba
1st plural	sávašeimmet	sávaleimmet	sávažit sávažat
2nd plural	sávašeiddet	sávaleiddet	sávažēhpet
3rd plural	sávaše sávašedje	sávale sávaledje	sávažit
connegative	sávaše	sávale	sávaš

Derived terms

• sávaldat

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