sávttsa

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Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *sāvcë.

Noun

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sávttsa

  1. sheep, Ovis aries

Inflection

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Even a-stem, vtts-vts gradation
Nominative sávttsa
Genitive sávtsa
Singular Plural
Nominative sávttsa sávtsa
Accusative sávtsav sávtsajt
Genitive sávtsa sávtsaj
Illative sávttsaj sávtsajda
Inessive sávtsan sávtsajn
Elative sávtsas sávtsajs
Comitative sávtsajn sávtsaj
Abessive sávtsadagá
sávtsadagi
sávtsajdagá
sávtsajdagi
Essive sávttsan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sávttsam sávttsama sávttsama
2nd person sávttsat sávttsada sávttsada
3rd person sávttsas sávttsaska sávttsasa

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