nuorvvu

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

nuorvvu

1. cold (illness)

Inflection

Contracted u-stem, rv-rvv gradation
Nominative	nuorvvu
Genitive	nūrvo
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nuorvvu	nūrvot
Accusative	nūrvo	nūrvuid
Genitive	nūrvo	nūrvuid
Illative	nūrvui	nūrvuide
Locative	nūrvos	nūrvuin
Comitative	nūrvuin	nūrvuiguin
Essive	nuorvvun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person nūrvon nūrvome nūrvomet 2nd person nūrvot nūrvode nūrvodet 3rd person nūrvos nūrvoska nūrvoset

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