soarvi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *soarvē.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsoɑ̯rːviː/

Noun

soarvi

  1. dry pine

Inflection
Even i-stem, rv-rvv gradation
Nominative soarvi
Genitive soarvvi
soarvvẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative soarvi soarvvit
Accusative soarvvi sōrvviid
Genitive soarvvi
soarvvẹ		 sōrvviid
Illative soarvái sōrvviide
Locative soarvvis sōrvviin
Comitative sōrvviin sōrvviiguin
Essive soarvin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person soarván soarváme soarvámet
2nd person soarvát soarváde soarvádet
3rd person soarvis soarviska soarviset

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
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