doaivu

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

doaivu

1. hope
2. faith

Inflection

Even u-stem, iv-ivv gradation
Nominative	doaivu
Genitive	doaivvu doaivvọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	doaivu	doaivvut
Accusative	doaivvu	doaivvūid
Genitive	doaivvu doaivvọ	doaivvūid
Illative	dōivui	doaivvūide
Locative	doaivvus	doaivvūin
Comitative	doaivvūin	doaivvūiguin
Essive	doaivun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dōivon dōivome dōivomet 2nd person dōivot dōivode dōivodet 3rd person doaivus doaivuska doaivuset

Derived terms

• doaivvuheapme

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