jávri
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See also: jävri
Northern Sami[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Samic *jāvrē, perhaps a borrowing from Indo-European. Compare also Estonian järv, Finnish järvi, Karelian järvi, and Lithuanian/Latvian jūra.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jávri
Inflection[edit]
Even i-stem, vr-vrr gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | jávri | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | jávrri jávrrẹ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | jávri | jávrrit | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | jávrri | jávrriid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | jávrri jávrrẹ |
jávrriid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | jávrái | jávrriide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | jávrris | jávrriin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | jávrriin | jávrriiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | jávrin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading[edit]
- 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