ohcat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ocëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ohcat

1. to seek, to look for

Inflection

Even a-stem, hc-z gradation
infinitive	ohcat
1st sing. present	ozan
1st sing. past	ohcen
infinitive	ohcat	action noun	ohcan
present participle	ohcci	action inessive	ohcamin ohcame
past participle	ohcan	action elative	ohcamis
agent participle	—	action comitative	ohcamiin
		abessive	ozakeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	ozan	ohcen	ohcon
2nd singular	ozat	ohcet	oza
3rd singular	ohcá	ozai	ohcos
1st dual	ohce	ozaime	ohccu
2nd dual	ohcabeahtti	ozaide	ohcci
3rd dual	ohcaba	ozaiga	ohcoska
1st plural	ohcat	ozaimet	ohcot ohccut
2nd plural	ohcabēhtet	ozaidet	ohcet ohccit
3rd plural	ohcet	ohce	ohcoset
connegative	oza	ohcan	oza
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	ozašin ozašedjen	ozalin ozaledjen	ozažan
2nd singular	ozašit ozašedjet	ozalit ozaledjet	ozažat
3rd singular	ozašii	ozalii	ozaža ozaš
1st dual	ozašeimme	ozaleimme	ozažetne
2nd dual	ozašeidde	ozaleidde	ozažeahppi
3rd dual	ozašeigga	ozaleigga	ozažeaba
1st plural	ozašeimmet	ozaleimmet	ozažit ozažat
2nd plural	ozašeiddet	ozaleiddet	ozažēhpet
3rd plural	ozaše ozašedje	ozale ozaledje	ozažit
connegative	ozaše	ozale	ozaš

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland