soarvi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *soarvē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

soarvi

1. dry pine

Inflection

Even i-stem, rv-rvv gradation
Nominative	soarvi
Genitive	soarvvi soarvvẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	soarvi	soarvvit
Accusative	soarvvi	sōrvviid
Genitive	soarvvi soarvvẹ	sōrvviid
Illative	soarvái	sōrvviide
Locative	soarvvis	sōrvviin
Comitative	sōrvviin	sōrvviiguin
Essive	soarvin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person soarván soarváme soarvámet 2nd person soarvát soarváde soarvádet 3rd person soarvis soarviska soarviset

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