ceavvi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ceavē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ceavvi

1. packed snow, dense enough to carry weight (of a person etc.)

Inflection

Even i-stem, vv-v gradation
Nominative	ceavvi
Genitive	ceavi ceavẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ceavvi	ceavit
Accusative	ceavi	cēviid
Genitive	ceavi ceavẹ	cēviid
Illative	ceavvái	cēviide
Locative	ceavis	cēviin
Comitative	cēviin	cēviiguin
Essive	ceavvin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ceavván ceavváme ceavvámet 2nd person ceavvát ceavváde ceavvádet 3rd person ceavvis ceavviska ceavviset

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