dállve

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tālvē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːlːve/

Noun

dállve

1. winter

Inflection

Even e-stem, llv-lv gradation
Nominative	dállve
Genitive	dálve
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dállve	dálve
Accusative	dálvev	dälvijt
Genitive	dálve	dälvij
Illative	dállváj	dälvijda
Inessive	dálven	dälvijn
Elative	dálvest dálves	dälvijst dälvijs
Comitative	dälvijn	dälvij
Essive	dállven

References

• Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press, page 18

Further reading

• dállve in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• 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