vihpat

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish viipyä, from Proto-Finnic *viipüdäk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

vihpat

1. to stay, to remain

Inflection

Even a-stem, hp-b gradation
infinitive	vihpat
1st sing. present	viban
1st sing. past	vihpen
infinitive	vihpat	action noun	vihpan
present participle	vihppi	action inessive	vihpamin vihpame
past participle	vihpan	action elative	vihpamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	vihpamiin
		abessive	vibakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	viban	vihpen	vihpon
2nd singular	vibat	vihpet	viba
3rd singular	vihpá	vibai	vihpos
1st dual	vihpe	vibaime	vihppu
2nd dual	vihpabeahtti	vibaide	vihppi
3rd dual	vihpaba	vibaiga	vihposka
1st plural	vihpat	vibaimet	vihpot vihpput
2nd plural	vihpabēhtet	vibaidet	vihpet vihppit
3rd plural	vihpet	vihpe	vihposet
connegative	viba	vihpan	viba
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	vibašin vibašedjen	vibalin vibaledjen	vibažan
2nd singular	vibašit vibašedjet	vibalit vibaledjet	vibažat
3rd singular	vibašii	vibalii	vibaža vibaš
1st dual	vibašeimme	vibaleimme	vibažetne
2nd dual	vibašeidde	vibaleidde	vibažeahppi
3rd dual	vibašeigga	vibaleigga	vibažeaba
1st plural	vibašeimmet	vibaleimmet	vibažit vibažat
2nd plural	vibašeiddet	vibaleiddet	vibažēhpet
3rd plural	vibaše vibašedje	vibale vibaledje	vibažit
connegative	vibaše	vibale	vibaš

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