bruvda

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian brude (“bride”), metonymically applied to the crown.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpruvːta/

Noun

bruvda

1. bridal crown

Inflection

Even a-stem, vd-vdd gradation
Nominative	bruvda
Genitive	bruvdda
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bruvda	bruvddat
Accusative	bruvdda	bruvddaid
Genitive	bruvdda	bruvddaid
Illative	bruvdii	bruvddaide
Locative	bruvddas	bruvddain
Comitative	bruvddain	bruvddaiguin
Essive	bruvdan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bruvdan bruvdame bruvdamet 2nd person bruvdat bruvdade bruvdadet 3rd person bruvdas bruvdaska bruvdaset

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