duovli

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tuovlē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

duovli

1. tinder

Inflection

Even i-stem, vl-vll gradation
Nominative	duovli
Genitive	duovlli duovllẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	duovli	duovllit
Accusative	duovlli	dūvlliid
Genitive	duovlli duovllẹ	dūvlliid
Illative	duovlái	dūvlliide
Locative	duovllis	dūvlliin
Comitative	dūvlliin	dūvlliiguin
Essive	duovlin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person duovlán duovláme duovlámet 2nd person duovlát duovláde duovládet 3rd person duovlis duovliska duovliset

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