ruivi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈrujːviː/

Noun

ruivi

1. mess, disorder

Inflection

Even i-stem, iv-ivv gradation
Nominative	ruivi
Genitive	ruivvi ruivvẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ruivi	ruivvit
Accusative	ruivvi	ruivviid
Genitive	ruivvi ruivvẹ	ruivviid
Illative	ruivái	ruivviide
Locative	ruivvis	ruivviin
Comitative	ruivviin	ruivviiguin
Essive	ruivin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ruiván ruiváme ruivámet 2nd person ruivát ruiváde ruivádet 3rd person ruivis ruiviska ruiviset

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