suovâ

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Inari Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *suovë.

Noun[edit]

suoṿâ

  1. smoke
    Suovâ paijaan poccest.
    Smoke rises from the chimney.

Inflection[edit]

Even â-stem, ṿ-v gradation
Nominative suoṿâ
Genitive suovâ
Singular Plural
Nominative suoṿâ suovah
Accusative suovâ suovâid
Genitive suovâ suoˈvâi
suovâi
Illative suoṿân suováid
Locative suovâst suovâin
Comitative suováin suoˈvâiguin
Abessive suoˈvâttáá suoˈvâittáá
Essive suovvân
Partitive suovvâd
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

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