seastit
Northern Sami
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish säästää.
Pronunciation
Verb
seastit
- to save (use less of)
Inflection
| Even i-stem, st-stt gradation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | seastit | ||
| 1st sing. present | seasttán | ||
| 1st sing. past | sēsten | ||
| infinitive | seastit | action noun | seastin |
| present participle | seasti | action inessive | seastimin seastime |
| past participle | seastán | action elative | seastimis |
| agent participle | — | action comitative | seastimiin |
| abessive | seasttẹkeahttá | ||
| present indicative | past indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | seasttán | sēsten | sēston |
| 2nd singular | seasttát | sēstet | seasttẹ |
| 3rd singular | seastá | sēsttii | sēstos |
| 1st dual | sēste | sēsttiime | seastu |
| 2nd dual | seastibeahtti | sēsttiide | seasti |
| 3rd dual | seastiba | sēsttiiga | sēstoska |
| 1st plural | seastit | sēsttiimet | sēstot seastut |
| 2nd plural | seastibēhtet | sēsttiidet | sēstet seastit |
| 3rd plural | sēstet | sēste | sēstoset |
| connegative | seasttẹ | seastán | seasttẹ |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | |
| 1st singular | seasttášin seasttášedjen |
seasttálin seasttáledjen |
sēsttežan |
| 2nd singular | seasttášit seasttášedjet |
seasttálit seasttáledjet |
sēsttežat |
| 3rd singular | seasttášii | seasttálii | sēstteža sēstteš |
| 1st dual | seasttášeimme | seasttáleimme | sēsttežetne |
| 2nd dual | seasttášeidde | seasttáleidde | sēsttežeahppi |
| 3rd dual | seasttášeigga | seasttáleigga | sēsttežeaba |
| 1st plural | seasttášeimmet | seasttáleimmet | sēsttežit sēsttežat |
| 2nd plural | seasttášeiddet | seasttáleiddet | sēsttežēhpet |
| 3rd plural | seasttáše seasttášedje |
seasttále seasttáledje |
sēsttežit |
| connegative | seasttáše | seasttále | sēstteš |
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