gávri

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish käyrä.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːvːriː/

Noun

gávri

1. crooked person, animal or thing

Inflection

Even i-stem, vr-vrr gradation
Nominative	gávri
Genitive	gávrri gávrrẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gávri	gávrrit
Accusative	gávrri	gávrriid
Genitive	gávrri gávrrẹ	gávrriid
Illative	gávrái	gávrriide
Locative	gávrris	gávrriin
Comitative	gávrriin	gávrriiguin
Essive	gávrin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gávrán gávráme gávrámet 2nd person gávrát gávráde gávrádet 3rd person gávris gávriska gávriset

Derived terms

• gávrut

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