jávri

See also: jävri

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *jāvrē, perhaps a borrowing from Indo-European. Compare also Estonian järv, Finnish järvi, Karelian järvi, and Lithuanian/Latvian jūra.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈjaːvːriː/

Noun

jávri

1. lake

Inflection

Even i-stem, vr-vrr gradation
Nominative	jávri
Genitive	jávrri jávrrẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	jávri	jávrrit
Accusative	jávrri	jávrriid
Genitive	jávrri jávrrẹ	jávrriid
Illative	jávrái	jávrriide
Locative	jávrris	jávrriin
Comitative	jávrriin	jávrriiguin
Essive	jávrin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person jávrán jávráme jávrámet 2nd person jávrát jávráde jávrádet 3rd person jávris jávriska jávriset

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