tjavelk

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čëvēlkē.

Noun

tjavelk

1. back (of the body)
2. ridge

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	tjavelk
Genitive	tjavelga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tjavelk	tjavelga
Accusative	tjavelgav	tjavelgijt
Genitive	tjavelga	tjavelgij
Illative	tjavelgij	tjavelgijda
Inessive	tjavelgin	tjavelgijn
Elative	tjavelgis	tjavelgijs
Comitative	tjavelgijn	tjavelgij
Abessive	tjavelgadagá tjavelgadagi	tjavelgijdagá tjavelgijdagi
Essive	tjavelgin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person tjavelgim tjavelgam tjavelgimme tjavelgimme 2nd person tjavelgit tjavelgat tjavelgihtte tjavelgihtte 3rd person tjavelgis tjavelgiska tjavelgisá

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