dorvu

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish turva, from Proto-Finnic *turva.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtorːvuː/

Noun

dorvu

1. safety, protection, refuge

Inflection

Even u-stem, rv-rvv gradation
Nominative	dorvu
Genitive	dorvvu dorvvọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dorvu	dorvvut
Accusative	dorvvu	dorvvūid
Genitive	dorvvu dorvvọ	dorvvūid
Illative	dorvui	dorvvūide
Locative	dorvvus	dorvvūin
Comitative	dorvvūin	dorvvūiguin
Essive	dorvun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dorvon dorvome dorvomet 2nd person dorvot dorvode dorvodet 3rd person dorvus dorvuska dorvuset

Derived terms

• dorvvuheapme
• dorvvolaš

Related terms

• dorvvastit

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