ruvvet

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *(p)ruvijëtēk.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ruvˈvet

1. to rub
2. to massage

Inflection

Contracted e-stem, no gradation
infinitive	ruvˈvet
1st sing. present	ruvˈven
1st sing. past	ruvˈvejin
infinitive	ruvˈvet	action noun	ruvˈven
present participle	ruvˈvejeaddji	action inessive	ruvˈvemin ruvˈveme
past participle	ruvˈven	action elative	ruvˈvemis
agent participle	—	action comitative	ruvˈvemiin
		abessive	ruvˈvekeahttá
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	ruvˈven	ruvˈvejin	ruvˈvejēhkon
2nd singular	ruvˈvet	ruvˈvejit	ruvˈve
3rd singular	ruvˈve	ruvˈvii	ruvˈvejēhkos
1st dual	ruvˈvejetne	ruvˈviime	ruvˈvejeadnu ruvˈvejeahkku
2nd dual	ruvˈvebeahtti	ruvˈviide	ruvˈvejeahkki
3rd dual	ruvˈveba	ruvˈviiga	ruvˈvejēhkoska
1st plural	ruvˈvet	ruvˈviimet	ruvˈvejētnot ruvˈvejēhkot ruvˈvejeahkkot ruvˈvejeadnot
2nd plural	ruvˈvebēhtet	ruvˈviidet	ruvˈvejēhket
3rd plural	ruvˈvejit	ruvˈvejedje	ruvˈvejēhkoset
connegative	ruvˈve	ruvˈven	ruvˈve
	conditional 1	conditional 2	potential
1st singular	ruvˈvešin ruvˈvešedjen	ruvˈvelin ruvˈveledjen	ruvˈvežan
2nd singular	ruvˈvešit ruvˈvešedjet	ruvˈvelit ruvˈveledjet	ruvˈvežat
3rd singular	ruvˈvešii	ruvˈvelii	ruvˈveža ruvˈveš
1st dual	ruvˈvešeimme	ruvˈveleimme	ruvˈvežetne
2nd dual	ruvˈvešeidde	ruvˈveleidde	ruvˈvežeahppi
3rd dual	ruvˈvešeigga	ruvˈveleigga	ruvˈvežeaba
1st plural	ruvˈvešeimmet	ruvˈveleimmet	ruvˈvežit ruvˈvežat
2nd plural	ruvˈvešeiddet	ruvˈveleiddet	ruvˈvežēhpet
3rd plural	ruvˈveše ruvˈvešedje	ruvˈvele ruvˈveledje	ruvˈvežit
connegative	ruvˈveše	ruvˈvele	ruvˈveš

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