dálvve

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tālvē.

Noun

dálvve

1. winter

Inflection

Even e-stem, lvv-lv gradation
Nominative	dálvve
Genitive	dálve
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dálvve	dálve
Accusative	dálvev	dálvijt
Genitive	dálve	dálvij
Illative	dálvváj	dálvijda
Inessive	dálven	dálvijn
Elative	dálves	dálvijs
Comitative	dálvijn	dálvij
Abessive	dálvedagá dálvedagi	dálvijdagá dálvijdagi
Essive	dálvven
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dálvvám dálvváma dálvváma 2nd person dálvvát dálvváda dálvváda 3rd person dálvves dálvveska dálvvesa

See also

Seasons in Lule Sami · [Term?] (layout · text) · category
gidá (“spring”)	giesse (“summer”)	tjaktja (“autumn”)	dálvve (“winter”)

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