sáivi
Northern Sami
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsaːjːviː/
Noun
sáivi
- animal spit, saliva
Inflection
Even i-stem, iv-ivv gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | sáivi | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | sáivvi sáivvẹ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | sáivi | sáivvit | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | sáivvi | sáivviid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | sáivvi sáivvẹ | sáivviid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | sáivái | sáivviide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | sáivvis | sáivviin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | sáivviin | sáivviiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | sáivin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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