snávggut

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsnaːvːkkuːh(t)/

Noun

snávggut

1. animal with short hair

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	snávggut
Genitive	snávgguha
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	snávggut	snávgguhat
Accusative	snávgguha	snávgguhiid
Genitive	snávgguha	snávgguhiid
Illative	snávgguhii	snávgguhiidda
Locative	snávgguhis	snávgguhiin
Comitative	snávgguhiin	snávgguhiiguin
Essive	snávgguhin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person snávgguhan snávgguheamẹ snávgguheamẹt 2nd person snávgguhat snávgguheattẹ snávgguheattẹt 3rd person snávgguhis snávgguheaskkạ snávgguheasẹt

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