Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *ëprē.

Noun

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harvve

  1. rain

Inflection

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Even e-stem, rvv-rv gradation
Nominative harvve
Genitive harve
Singular Plural
Nominative harvve harve
Accusative harvev harvijt
Genitive harve harvij
Illative harvváj harvijda
Inessive harven harvijn
Elative harves harvijs
Comitative harvijn harvij
Abessive harvedagá
harvedagi
harvijdagá
harvijdagi
Essive harvven
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person harvvám harvváma harvváma
2nd person harvvát harvváda harvváda
3rd person harvves harvveska harvvesa

Further reading

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  • 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