sávza

See also: savzâ

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sāvcë.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sávza

1. sheep

Inflection

Even a-stem, vz-vzz gradation
Nominative	sávza
Genitive	sávzza
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sávza	sávzzat
Accusative	sávzza	sávzzaid
Genitive	sávzza	sávzzaid
Illative	sávzii	sávzzaide
Locative	sávzzas	sávzzain
Comitative	sávzzain	sávzzaiguin
Essive	sávzan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sávzan sávzame sávzamet 2nd person sávzat sávzade sávzadet 3rd person sávzas sávzaska sávzaset

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