guovdi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuovtē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

guovdi

1. dragon
2. sea snake

Inflection

Even i-stem, vd-vdd gradation
Nominative	guovdi
Genitive	guovddi guovddẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	guovdi	guovddit
Accusative	guovddi	gūvddiid
Genitive	guovddi guovddẹ	gūvddiid
Illative	guovdái	gūvddiide
Locative	guovddis	gūvddiin
Comitative	gūvddiin	gūvddiiguin
Essive	guovdin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person guovdán guovdáme guovdámet 2nd person guovdát guovdáde guovdádet 3rd person guovdis guovdiska guovdiset

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