Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *peajvāńčë.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpea̯jvvaːʃ/

Noun edit

beaivváš

  1. sun

Inflection edit

Odd, no gradation
Nominative beaivváš
Genitive beaivváža
Singular Plural
Nominative beaivváš beaivvážat
Accusative beaivváža beaivvážiid
Genitive beaivváža beaivvážiid
Illative beaivvážii beaivvážiidda
Locative beaivvážis beaivvážiin
Comitative beaivvážiin beaivvážiiguin
Essive beaivvážin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person beaivvážan beaivvážeamẹ beaivvážeamẹt
2nd person beaivvážat beaivvážeattẹ beaivvážeattẹt
3rd person beaivvážis beaivvážeaskkạ beaivvážeasẹt

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • 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