See also: sávza

Inari Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *sāvcë.

Noun

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savzâ

  1. sheep

Inflection

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Even â-stem, vˈz-vz gradation
Nominative savzâ
Genitive saavzâ
Singular Plural
Nominative savzâ saavzah
Accusative saavzâ saavzâid
Genitive saavzâ savzâi
saavzâi
Illative saavzân savzaid
Locative saavzâst saavzâin
Comitative savzain savzâiguin
Abessive savzâttáá savzâittáá
Essive savzân
Partitive savzâd
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

Further reading

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  • 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