čuohppat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čuoppëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

čuohppat

1. to cut
2. to hew, to chop
3. to split, to divide
4. (surgery) to operate

Inflection

Even a-stem, hpp-hp gradation
infinitive	čuohppat
1st sing. present	čuohpan
1st sing. past	čūhppen
infinitive	čuohppat	action noun	čuohppan
present participle	čuohppi	action inessive	čuohppamin čuohppame
past participle	čuohppan	action elative	čuohppamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	čuohppamiin
		abessive	čuohpakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	čuohpan	čūhppen	čūhppon
2nd singular	čuohpat	čūhppet	čuohpa
3rd singular	čuohppá	čuohpai	čūhppos
1st dual	čūhppe	čuohpaime	čuohppu
2nd dual	čuohppabeahtti	čuohpaide	čuohppi
3rd dual	čuohppaba	čuohpaiga	čūhpposka
1st plural	čuohppat	čuohpaimet	čūhppot čuohpput
2nd plural	čuohppabēhtet	čuohpaidet	čūhppet čuohppit
3rd plural	čūhppet	čūhppe	čūhpposet
connegative	čuohpa	čuohppan	čuohpa
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	čuohpašin čuohpašedjen	čuohpalin čuohpaledjen	čuohpažan
2nd singular	čuohpašit čuohpašedjet	čuohpalit čuohpaledjet	čuohpažat
3rd singular	čuohpašii	čuohpalii	čuohpaža čuohpaš
1st dual	čuohpašeimme	čuohpaleimme	čuohpažetne
2nd dual	čuohpašeidde	čuohpaleidde	čuohpažeahppi
3rd dual	čuohpašeigga	čuohpaleigga	čuohpažeaba
1st plural	čuohpašeimmet	čuohpaleimmet	čuohpažit čuohpažat
2nd plural	čuohpašeiddet	čuohpaleiddet	čuohpažēhpet
3rd plural	čuohpaše čuohpašedje	čuohpale čuohpaledje	čuohpažit
connegative	čuohpaše	čuohpale	čuohpaš

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