таввь

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tëvē, from Proto-Uralic *tiwä. Related to Finnish syvä. Compare Northern Sami davvi.

Noun

таввь (tavv’)

1. (obsolete) north

   Synonym: таввял (tavvjal)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

вуэрьял-таввял (vuer’’al-tavvjal) вуэррьель (vuerr’’el’)	таввял (tavvjal) таввь (tavv’)	нуҏҏьт-таввял (nur̥r̥’t-tavvjal)
вуэррьял (vuerr’’al)		нуҏҏьт (nur̥r̥’t)
вуэрьял-соа̄ййв (vuer’’al-sååjjv)	соа̄ййв (sååjjv) соа̄ввьй (sååvv’j)	нуҏҏьт-соа̄ййв (nur̥r̥’t-sååjjv)

Derived terms

• таввь-вуэррьель (tavv’-vuerr’’el’)

Adjective

таввь (tavv’)

1. northern

Further reading

• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “таввь”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway