bruvda

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Norwegian brude (bride), metonymically applied to the crown.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpruvːta/

Noun[edit]

bruvda

  1. bridal crown

Inflection[edit]

Even a-stem, vd-vdd gradation
Nominative bruvda
Genitive bruvdda
Singular Plural
Nominative bruvda bruvddat
Accusative bruvdda bruvddaid
Genitive bruvdda bruvddaid
Illative bruvdii bruvddaide
Locative bruvddas bruvddain
Comitative bruvddain bruvddaiguin
Essive bruvdan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person bruvdan bruvdame bruvdamet
2nd person bruvdat bruvdade bruvdadet
3rd person bruvdas bruvdaska bruvdaset

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