dávda

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tāvtë, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz (“death”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːvːta/

Noun

dávda

1. disease, sickness

Inflection

Even a-stem, vd-vdd gradation
Nominative	dávda
Genitive	dávdda
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dávda	dávddat
Accusative	dávdda	dávddaid
Genitive	dávdda	dávddaid
Illative	dávdii	dávddaide
Locative	dávddas	dávddain
Comitative	dávddain	dávddaiguin
Essive	dávdan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dávdan dávdame dávdamet 2nd person dávdat dávdade dávdadet 3rd person dávdas dávdaska dávdaset

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