ávttje

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *āvčē.

Noun

ávttje

1. gorge, canyon

Inflection

Even e-stem, vttj-vtj gradation
Nominative	ávttje
Genitive	ávtje
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ávttje	ávtje
Accusative	ávtjev	ávtjijt
Genitive	ávtje	ávtjij
Illative	ávttjáj	ávtjijda
Inessive	ávtjen	ávtjijn
Elative	ávtjes	ávtjijs
Comitative	ávtjijn	ávtjij
Abessive	ávtjedagá ávtjedagi	ávtjijdagá ávtjijdagi
Essive	ávttjen
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ávttjám ávttjáma ávttjáma 2nd person ávttját ávttjáda ávttjáda 3rd person ávttjes ávttjeska ávttjesa

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