ábiruvvá

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From áhpi (sea) +‎ ruvˈvá (woman).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

ábiruvˈvá

  1. mermaid

Inflection[edit]

Even á-stem, vˈv-vv gradation
Nominative ábiruvˈvá
Genitive ábiruvvá
Singular Plural
Nominative ábiruvˈvá ábiruvvát
Accusative ábiruvvá ábiruvváid
Genitive ábiruvvá ábiruvváid
Illative ábiruvˈvái ábiruvváide
Locative ábiruvvás ábiruvváin
Comitative ábiruvváin ábiruvváiguin
Essive ábiruvˈván
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ábiruvˈván ábiruvˈváme ábiruvˈvámet
2nd person ábiruvˈvát ábiruvˈváde ábiruvˈvádet
3rd person ábiruvˈvás ábiruvˈváska ábiruvˈváset

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