čuoivvat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuo̯jvvah(t)/

Noun

čuoivvat

1. yellow-grey reindeer

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	čuoivvat
Genitive	čuoivvaga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čuoivvat	čuoivvagat
Accusative	čuoivvaga	čuoivvagiid
Genitive	čuoivvaga	čuoivvagiid
Illative	čuoivvagii	čuoivvagiidda
Locative	čuoivvagis	čuoivvagiin
Comitative	čuoivvagiin	čuoivvagiiguin
Essive	čuoivvagin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person čuoivvagan čuoivvageamẹ čuoivvageamẹt 2nd person čuoivvagat čuoivvageattẹ čuoivvageattẹt 3rd person čuoivvagis čuoivvageaskkạ čuoivvageasẹt

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