govva

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkovva/

Noun

govva

1. picture

Inflection

Even a-stem, vv-v gradation
Nominative	govva
Genitive	gova
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	govva	govat
Accusative	gova	govaid
Genitive	gova	govaid
Illative	govvii	govaide
Locative	govas	govain
Comitative	govain	govaiguin
Essive	govvan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person govvan govvame govvamet 2nd person govvat govvade govvadet 3rd person govvas govvaska govvaset

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