guovda

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuovtë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkuo̯vːta/

Noun

guovda

1. middle, half

Inflection

Even a-stem, vd-vdd gradation
Nominative	guovda
Genitive	guovdda
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	guovda	guovddat
Accusative	guovdda	guovddaid
Genitive	guovdda	guovddaid
Illative	gūvdii	guovddaide
Locative	guovddas	guovddain
Comitative	guovddain	guovddaiguin
Essive	guovdan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person guovdan guovdame guovdamet 2nd person guovdat guovdade guovdadet 3rd person guovdas guovdaska guovdaset

Derived terms

• Guovdageaidnu

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