dávda

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tāvtë, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz (“death”).

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtaːvːta/

Noun

dávda

  1. disease, sickness

Inflection

Even a-stem, vd-vdd gradation
Nominative dávda
Genitive dávdda
Singular Plural
Nominative dávda dávddat
Accusative dávdda dávddaid
Genitive dávdda dávddaid
Illative dávdii dávddaide
Locative dávddas dávddain
Comitative dávddain dávddaiguin
Essive dávdan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dávdan dávdame dávdamet
2nd person dávdat dávdade dávdadet
3rd person dávdas dávdaska dávdaset

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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