dulvi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tulvē.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtulːviː/

Noun

dulvi

  1. flood

Inflection

Even i-stem, lv-lvv gradation
Nominative dulvi
Genitive dulvvi
dulvvẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative dulvi dulvvit
Accusative dulvvi dulvviid
Genitive dulvvi
dulvvẹ
dulvviid
Illative dulvái dulvviide
Locative dulvvis dulvviin
Comitative dulvviin dulvviiguin
Essive dulvin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dulván dulváme dulvámet
2nd person dulvát dulváde dulvádet
3rd person dulvis dulviska dulviset

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