dávgi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tāvkē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːvːkiː/

Noun

dávgi

1. bow, arc
2. bow (weapon)
3. bow (of a musical instrument)
4. spring (elastic device)

Inflection

Even i-stem, vg-vgg gradation
Nominative	dávgi
Genitive	dávggi dávggẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dávgi	dávggit
Accusative	dávggi	dávggiid
Genitive	dávggi dávggẹ	dávggiid
Illative	dávgái	dávggiide
Locative	dávggis	dávggiin
Comitative	dávggiin	dávggiiguin
Essive	dávgin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dávgán dávgáme dávgámet 2nd person dávgát dávgáde dávgádet 3rd person dávgis dávgiska dávgiset

Derived terms

• arvedávgi (“rainbow”)
• bajándávgi (“rainbow”)
• dávggas (“elastic, springy”)
• dávgut (“to stretch one's legs”)

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