Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čeavčē.

Noun

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tjievttje

  1. hock (joint, of reindeer or other animal)

Inflection

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Even e-stem, vttj-vtj gradation
Nominative tjievttje
Genitive tjievtje
Singular Plural
Nominative tjievttje tjievtje
Accusative tjievtjev tjievtjijt
Genitive tjievtje tjievtjij
Illative tjävttjáj tjievtjijda
Inessive tjievtjen tjievtjijn
Elative tjievtjes tjievtjijs
Comitative tjievtjijn tjievtjij
Abessive tjievtjedagá
tjievtjedagi
tjievtjijdagá
tjievtjijdagi
Essive tjievttjen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person tjävttjám tjävttjáma tjävttjáma
2nd person tjävttját tjävttjáda tjävttjáda
3rd person tjievttjes tjievttjeska tjievttjesa

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