dulvi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tulvē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtulːviː/

Noun

dulvi

1. flood

Inflection

Even i-stem, lv-lvv gradation
Nominative	dulvi
Genitive	dulvvi dulvvẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dulvi	dulvvit
Accusative	dulvvi	dulvviid
Genitive	dulvvi dulvvẹ	dulvviid
Illative	dulvái	dulvviide
Locative	dulvvis	dulvviin
Comitative	dulvviin	dulvviiguin
Essive	dulvin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dulván dulváme dulvámet 2nd person dulvát dulváde dulvádet 3rd person dulvis dulviska dulviset

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