ábiruvvá

Northern Sami

Etymology

From áhpi (“sea”) +‎ ruvˈvá (“woman”).

Noun

ábiruvˈvá

1. mermaid

Inflection

Even á-stem, vˈv-vv gradation
Nominative	ábiruvˈvá
Genitive	ábiruvvá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ábiruvˈvá	ábiruvvát
Accusative	ábiruvvá	ábiruvváid
Genitive	ábiruvvá	ábiruvváid
Illative	ábiruvˈvái	ábiruvváide
Locative	ábiruvvás	ábiruvváin
Comitative	ábiruvváin	ábiruvváiguin
Essive	ábiruvˈván
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ábiruvˈván ábiruvˈváme ábiruvˈvámet 2nd person ábiruvˈvát ábiruvˈváde ábiruvˈvádet 3rd person ábiruvˈvás ábiruvˈváska ábiruvˈváset

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