kovjâ

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *këpjë.

Noun

kovjâ

1. dust

Inflection

Even â-stem, vˈj-vj gradation
Nominative	kovjâ
Genitive	koovjâ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kovjâ	koovjah
Accusative	koovjâ	koovjâid
Genitive	koovjâ	kovjâi koovjâi
Illative	koovjân	kovjáid
Locative	koovjâst	koovjâin
Comitative	kovjáin	kovjâiguin
Abessive	kovjâttáá	kovjâittáá
Essive	kovjân
Partitive	kovjâd
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

Derived terms

• lieđikovjâ

Further reading

• kovjâ in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎^[1], Tromsø: UiT

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland