sáiva

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sāvjë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːjːva/

Noun

sáiva

1. fresh water

Inflection

Even a-stem, iv-ivv gradation
Nominative	sáiva
Genitive	sáivva
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sáiva	sáivvat
Accusative	sáivva	sáivvaid
Genitive	sáivva	sáivvaid
Illative	sáivii	sáivvaide
Locative	sáivvas	sáivvain
Comitative	sáivvain	sáivvaiguin
Essive	sáivan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sáivan sáivame sáivamet 2nd person sáivat sáivade sáivadet 3rd person sáivas sáivaska sáivaset

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