čeavrris

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čeavrēs.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

čeavrris

1. otter

Inflection

Contracted i-stem, vr-vrr gradation
Nominative	čeavrris
Genitive	čeavrá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čeavrris	čeavrát
Accusative	čeavrá	čeavráid
Genitive	čeavrá	čeavráid
Illative	čeavrái	čeavráide
Locative	čeavrás	čeavráin
Comitative	čeavráin	čeavráiguin
Essive	čeavrrisin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person čeavrán čeavráme čeavrámet 2nd person čeavrát čeavráde čeavrádet 3rd person čeavrás čeavráska čeavráset

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