ruovji

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ruovjē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ruovji

  1. body part of a slaughtered animal

Inflection

Even i-stem, vj-vjj gradation
Nominative ruovji
Genitive ruovjji
ruovjjẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative ruovji ruovjjit
Accusative ruovjji rūvjjiid
Genitive ruovjji
ruovjjẹ 		rūvjjiid
Illative ruovjái rūvjjiide
Locative ruovjjis rūvjjiin
Comitative rūvjjiin rūvjjiiguin
Essive ruovjin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ruovján ruovjáme ruovjámet
2nd person ruovját ruovjáde ruovjádet
3rd person ruovjis ruovjiska ruovjiset

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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