gavja

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *këpjë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkavːja/

Noun

gavja

1. dust

Inflection

Even a-stem, vj-vjj gradation
Nominative	gavja
Genitive	gavjja
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gavja	gavjjat
Accusative	gavjja	gavjjaid
Genitive	gavjja	gavjjaid
Illative	gavjii	gavjjaide
Locative	gavjjas	gavjjain
Comitative	gavjjain	gavjjaiguin
Essive	gavjan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gavjan gavjame gavjamet 2nd person gavjat gavjade gavjadet 3rd person gavjas gavjaska gavjaset

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