Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *suovtē.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

suovdi

  1. gill (of a fish)

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, vd-vdd gradation
Nominative suovdi
Genitive suovddi
suovddẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative suovdi suovddit
Accusative suovddi sūvddiid
Genitive suovddi
suovddẹ
sūvddiid
Illative suovdái sūvddiide
Locative suovddis sūvddiin
Comitative sūvddiin sūvddiiguin
Essive suovdin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person suovdán suovdáme suovdámet
2nd person suovdát suovdáde suovdádet
3rd person suovdis suovdiska suovdiset

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