See also: savzâ

Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *sāvcë.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsaːvːt͡sa/

Noun edit

sávza

  1. sheep

Inflection edit

Even a-stem, vz-vzz gradation
Nominative sávza
Genitive sávzza
Singular Plural
Nominative sávza sávzzat
Accusative sávzza sávzzaid
Genitive sávzza sávzzaid
Illative sávzii sávzzaide
Locative sávzzas sávzzain
Comitative sávzzain sávzzaiguin
Essive sávzan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sávzan sávzame sávzamet
2nd person sávzat sávzade sávzadet
3rd person sávzas sávzaska sávzaset

Further reading edit

  • 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