ceavvi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ceavē.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sea̯vviː/

Noun

ceavvi

  1. packed snow, dense enough to carry weight (of a person etc.)

Inflection

Even i-stem, vv-v gradation
Nominative ceavvi
Genitive ceavi
ceavẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative ceavvi ceavit
Accusative ceavi cēviid
Genitive ceavi
ceavẹ 		cēviid
Illative ceavvái cēviide
Locative ceavis cēviin
Comitative cēviin cēviiguin
Essive ceavvin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ceavván ceavváme ceavvámet
2nd person ceavvát ceavváde ceavvádet
3rd person ceavvis ceavviska ceavviset

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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