gávri
Northern Sami
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Finnish käyrä.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkaːvːriː/
Noun
gávri
- crooked person, animal or thing
Inflection
Even i-stem, vr-vrr gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | gávri | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | gávrri gávrrẹ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | gávri | gávrrit | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | gávrri | gávrriid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | gávrri gávrrẹ | gávrriid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | gávrái | gávrriide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | gávrris | gávrriin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | gávrriin | gávrriiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | gávrin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- gávrut
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