vatnat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vënëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

vatnat

1. to stretch oneself

Inflection

Even a-stem, tn-n gradation
infinitive	vatnat
1st sing. present	vanan
1st sing. past	vatnen
infinitive	vatnat	action noun	vatnan
present participle	vadni	action inessive	vatnamin vatname
past participle	vatnan	action elative	vatnamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	vatnamiin
		abessive	vanakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	vanan	vatnen	vatnon
2nd singular	vanat	vatnet	vana
3rd singular	vatná	vanai	vatnos
1st dual	vatne	vanaime	vadnu
2nd dual	vatnabeahtti	vanaide	vadni
3rd dual	vatnaba	vanaiga	vatnoska
1st plural	vatnat	vanaimet	vatnot vadnut
2nd plural	vatnabēhtet	vanaidet	vatnet vadnit
3rd plural	vatnet	vatne	vatnoset
connegative	vana	vatnan	vana
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	vanašin vanašedjen	vanalin vanaledjen	vanažan
2nd singular	vanašit vanašedjet	vanalit vanaledjet	vanažat
3rd singular	vanašii	vanalii	vanaža vanaš
1st dual	vanašeimme	vanaleimme	vanažetne
2nd dual	vanašeidde	vanaleidde	vanažeahppi
3rd dual	vanašeigga	vanaleigga	vanažeaba
1st plural	vanašeimmet	vanaleimmet	vanažit vanažat
2nd plural	vanašeiddet	vanaleiddet	vanažēhpet
3rd plural	vanaše vanašedje	vanale vanaledje	vanažit
connegative	vanaše	vanale	vanaš

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