oaivi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oajvē, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa.

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈoɑ̯jːviː/

Noun

oaivi

head

Inflection

Even i-stem, iv-ivv gradation

Nominative

oaivi

Genitive

oaivvi
oaivvẹ

Singular

Plural

Nominative

oaivi

oaivvit

Accusative

oaivvi

ōivviid

Genitive

oaivvi
oaivvẹ

ōivviid

Illative

oaivái

ōivviide

Locative

oaivvis

ōivviin

Comitative

ōivviin

ōivviiguin

Essive

oaivin

Possessive forms
	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	oaiván	oaiváme	oaivámet
2nd person	oaivát	oaiváde	oaivádet
3rd person	oaivis	oaiviska	oaiviset

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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