sávttsa

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sāvcë.

Noun

sávttsa

1. sheep, Ovis aries

Inflection

Even a-stem, vtts-vts gradation
Nominative	sávttsa
Genitive	sávtsa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sávttsa	sávtsa
Accusative	sávtsav	sávtsajt
Genitive	sávtsa	sávtsaj
Illative	sávttsaj	sávtsajda
Inessive	sávtsan	sávtsajn
Elative	sávtsas	sávtsajs
Comitative	sávtsajn	sávtsaj
Abessive	sávtsadagá sávtsadagi	sávtsajdagá sávtsajdagi
Essive	sávttsan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sávttsam sávttsama sávttsama 2nd person sávttsat sávttsada sávttsada 3rd person sávttsas sávttsaska sávttsasa

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