beaiveloddi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From beaivi +‎ loddi.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

beaivẹloddi

1. butterfly

Inflection

Even i-stem, dd-tt gradation
Nominative	beaivẹloddi
Genitive	beaivẹlotti beaivẹlottẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	beaivẹloddi	beaivẹlottit
Accusative	beaivẹlotti	beaivẹlottiid
Genitive	beaivẹlotti beaivẹlottẹ	beaivẹlottiid
Illative	beaivẹloddái	beaivẹlottiide
Locative	beaivẹlottis	beaivẹlottiin
Comitative	beaivẹlottiin	beaivẹlottiiguin
Essive	beaivẹloddin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person beaivẹloddán beaivẹloddáme beaivẹloddámet 2nd person beaivẹloddát beaivẹloddáde beaivẹloddádet 3rd person beaivẹloddis beaivẹloddiska beaivẹloddiset

Related terms

• idjaloddi

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