sohpat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sopëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sohpat

1. to gnaw

Inflection

Even a-stem, hp-b gradation
infinitive	sohpat
1st sing. present	soban
1st sing. past	sohpen
infinitive	sohpat	action noun	sohpan
present participle	sohppi	action inessive	sohpamin sohpame
past participle	sohpan	action elative	sohpamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	sohpamiin
		abessive	sobakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	soban	sohpen	sohpon
2nd singular	sobat	sohpet	soba
3rd singular	sohpá	sobai	sohpos
1st dual	sohpe	sobaime	sohppu
2nd dual	sohpabeahtti	sobaide	sohppi
3rd dual	sohpaba	sobaiga	sohposka
1st plural	sohpat	sobaimet	sohpot sohpput
2nd plural	sohpabēhtet	sobaidet	sohpet sohppit
3rd plural	sohpet	sohpe	sohposet
connegative	soba	sohpan	soba
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	sobašin sobašedjen	sobalin sobaledjen	sobažan
2nd singular	sobašit sobašedjet	sobalit sobaledjet	sobažat
3rd singular	sobašii	sobalii	sobaža sobaš
1st dual	sobašeimme	sobaleimme	sobažetne
2nd dual	sobašeidde	sobaleidde	sobažeahppi
3rd dual	sobašeigga	sobaleigga	sobažeaba
1st plural	sobašeimmet	sobaleimmet	sobažit sobažat
2nd plural	sobašeiddet	sobaleiddet	sobažēhpet
3rd plural	sobaše sobašedje	sobale sobaledje	sobažit
connegative	sobaše	sobale	sobaš

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