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davvi

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *tëvē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtavviː/

Noun

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davvi

  1. north

Inflection

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Even i-stem, vv-v gradation
Nominative davvi
Genitive davi
davẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative davvi davit
Accusative davi daviid
Genitive davi
davẹ
daviid
Illative davvái daviide
Locative davis daviin
Comitative daviin daviiguin
Essive davvin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person davván davváme davvámet
2nd person davvát davváde davvádet
3rd person davvis davviska davviset

Derived terms

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See also

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  • (compass points)
davveoarji
davveviesttar
oarjedavvi
davvi davvenuorta
nuortadavvi
oarji
viesttar
nuorta
máttaoarji
máttaviesttar
oarjelulli
lulli
máddi
máttanuorta
nuortalulli


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