Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *soavlē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsoɑ̯vːliː/

Noun

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soavli

  1. snow slush

Inflection

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Even i-stem, vl-vll gradation
Nominative soavli
Genitive soavlli
soavllẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative soavli soavllit
Accusative soavlli sōvlliid
Genitive soavlli
soavllẹ
sōvlliid
Illative soavlái sōvlliide
Locative soavllis sōvlliin
Comitative sōvlliin sōvlliiguin
Essive soavlin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person soavlán soavláme soavlámet
2nd person soavlát soavláde soavládet
3rd person soavlis soavliska soavliset

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