doaivva

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From doaivut +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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doaivva

  1. hope

Inflection

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Odd, iv-ivv gradation
Nominative doaivva
Genitive doaivaga
Singular Plural
Nominative doaivva doaivagat
Accusative doaivaga doaivagiid
Genitive doaivaga doaivagiid
Illative doaivagii doaivagiidda
Locative doaivagis doaivagiin
Comitative doaivagiin doaivagiiguin
Essive doaivvan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person doaivagan doaivageamẹ doaivageamẹt
2nd person doaivagat doaivageattẹ doaivageattẹt
3rd person doaivagis doaivageaskkạ doaivageasẹt

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland