dávgi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tāvkē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dávgi

  1. bow, arc
  2. bow (weapon)
  3. bow (of a musical instrument)
  4. spring (elastic device)

Inflection

Even i-stem, vg-vgg gradation
Nominative dávgi
Genitive dávggi
dávggẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative dávgi dávggit
Accusative dávggi dávggiid
Genitive dávggi
dávggẹ 		dávggiid
Illative dávgái dávggiide
Locative dávggis dávggiin
Comitative dávggiin dávggiiguin
Essive dávgin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dávgán dávgáme dávgámet
2nd person dávgát dávgáde dávgádet
3rd person dávgis dávgiska dávgiset

Derived terms

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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