kovjâ

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Inari Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *këpjë.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kovjâ

  1. dust

Inflection

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Even â-stem, vˈj-vj gradation
Nominative kovjâ
Genitive koovjâ
Singular Plural
Nominative kovjâ koovjah
Accusative koovjâ koovjâid
Genitive koovjâ kovjâi
koovjâi
Illative koovjân kovjáid
Locative koovjâst koovjâin
Comitative kovjáin kovjâiguin
Abessive kovjâttáá kovjâittáá
Essive kovjân
Partitive kovjâd
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kovjâ in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje[1], Tromsø: UiT
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland