bustávva

Northern Sami

Etymology

From a North Germanic language, compare Swedish bokstav, Norwegian Bokmål bokstav, Norwegian Nynorsk bokstav.

Noun

bustávva

1. letter, character

Inflection

Even a-stem, vv-v gradation
Nominative	bustávva
Genitive	bustáva
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bustávva	bustávat
Accusative	bustáva	bustávaid
Genitive	bustáva	bustávaid
Illative	bustávvii	bustávaide
Locative	bustávas	bustávain
Comitative	bustávain	bustávaiguin
Essive	bustávvan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bustávvan bustávvame bustávvamet 2nd person bustávvat bustávvade bustávvadet 3rd person bustávvas bustávvaska bustávvaset

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