roavgu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *roaŋvō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

roavgu

1. hide, pelt

Inflection

Even u-stem, vg-vgg gradation
Nominative	roavgu
Genitive	roavggu roavggọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	roavgu	roavggut
Accusative	roavggu	roavggūid
Genitive	roavggu roavggọ	roavggūid
Illative	rōvgui	roavggūide
Locative	roavggus	roavggūin
Comitative	roavggūin	roavggūiguin
Essive	roavgun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person rōvgon rōvgome rōvgomet 2nd person rōvgot rōvgode rōvgodet 3rd person roavgus roavguska roavguset

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