čivhli

Northern Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *čivlē

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃivːl̥iː/

Noun

čivhli

1. pimple, zit

Inflection

Even i-stem, vhl-vhll gradation
Nominative	čivhli
Genitive	čivhlli čivhllẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čivhli	čivhllit
Accusative	čivhlli	čivhlliid
Genitive	čivhlli čivhllẹ	čivhlliid
Illative	čivhlái	čivhlliide
Locative	čivhllis	čivhlliin
Comitative	čivhlliin	čivhlliiguin
Essive	čivhlin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person čivhlán čivhláme čivhlámet 2nd person čivhlát čivhláde čivhládet 3rd person čivhlis čivhliska čivhliset

Further reading

• 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