doaivu

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtoɑ̯jːvuː/

Noun

doaivu

  1. hope
  2. faith

Inflection
Even u-stem, iv-ivv gradation
Nominative doaivu
Genitive doaivvu
doaivvọ
Singular Plural
Nominative doaivu doaivvut
Accusative doaivvu doaivvūid
Genitive doaivvu
doaivvọ		 doaivvūid
Illative dōivui doaivvūide
Locative doaivvus doaivvūin
Comitative doaivvūin doaivvūiguin
Essive doaivun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dōivon dōivome dōivomet
2nd person dōivot dōivode dōivodet
3rd person doaivus doaivuska doaivuset

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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