čoavji

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čoavjē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

čoavji

1. stomach

Inflection

Even i-stem, vj-vjj gradation
Nominative	čoavji
Genitive	čoavjji čoavjjẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čoavji	čoavjjit
Accusative	čoavjji	čōvjjiid
Genitive	čoavjji čoavjjẹ	čōvjjiid
Illative	čoavjái	čōvjjiide
Locative	čoavjjis	čōvjjiin
Comitative	čōvjjiin	čōvjjiiguin
Essive	čoavjin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person čoavján čoavjáme čoavjámet 2nd person čoavját čoavjáde čoavjádet 3rd person čoavjis čoavjiska čoavjiset

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