čoarvi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čoarvē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

čoarvi

1. horn
2. antler

Inflection

Even i-stem, rv-rvv gradation
Nominative	čoarvi
Genitive	čoarvvi čoarvvẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čoarvi	čoarvvit
Accusative	čoarvvi	čōrvviid
Genitive	čoarvvi čoarvvẹ	čōrvviid
Illative	čoarvái	čōrvviide
Locative	čoarvvis	čōrvviin
Comitative	čōrvviin	čōrvviiguin
Essive	čoarvin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person čoarván čoarváme čoarvámet 2nd person čoarvát čoarváde čoarvádet 3rd person čoarvis čoarviska čoarviset

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