Malediivvat

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmaleˌtijvvah(t)/

Proper noun

Malediivvat pl

1. Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)

Declension

Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative	Malediivvat
Genitive	Malediivvaid
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	—	Malediivvat
Accusative	—	Malediivvaid
Genitive	—	Malediivvaid
Illative	—	Malediivvaide
Locative	—	Malediivvain
Comitative	—	Malediivvaiguin
Essive	Malediivvan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person Malediivvan Malediivvame Malediivvamet 2nd person Malediivvat Malediivvade Malediivvadet 3rd person Malediivvas Malediivvaska Malediivvaset

Further reading

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