doaivva

Northern Sami

Etymology

From doaivut +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɑ̯jvva/

Noun

doaivva

1. hope

Inflection

Odd, iv-ivv gradation
Nominative	doaivva
Genitive	doaivaga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	doaivva	doaivagat
Accusative	doaivaga	doaivagiid
Genitive	doaivaga	doaivagiid
Illative	doaivagii	doaivagiidda
Locative	doaivagis	doaivagiin
Comitative	doaivagiin	doaivagiiguin
Essive	doaivvan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person doaivagan doaivageamẹ doaivageamẹt 2nd person doaivagat doaivageattẹ doaivageattẹt 3rd person doaivagis doaivageaskkạ doaivageasẹt

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