Southern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čeavrēs.

Noun

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tjeavra

  1. otter

Inflection

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Even a-stem
Nominative tjeavra
Genitive tjeavran
Singular Plural
Nominative tjeavra tjeavrah
Accusative tjeavram tjeavride
Genitive tjeavran tjeavraj
Illative tjeavrese
tjeavrase
tjeavride
Inessive tjeavresne tjeavrine
Elative tjeavreste tjeavrijste
Comitative tjeavrine tjeavrajgujmie
Essive tjeavrine

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