oaivi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oajvē, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈoɑ̯jːviː/

Noun

oaivi

1. head

Inflection

Even i-stem, iv-ivv gradation
Nominative	oaivi
Genitive	oaivvi oaivvẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oaivi	oaivvit
Accusative	oaivvi	ōivviid
Genitive	oaivvi oaivvẹ	ōivviid
Illative	oaivái	ōivviide
Locative	oaivvis	ōivviin
Comitative	ōivviin	ōivviiguin
Essive	oaivin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person oaiván oaiváme oaivámet 2nd person oaivát oaiváde oaivádet 3rd person oaivis oaiviska oaiviset

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