tjoarvve

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čoarvē.

Noun

tjoarvve

1. horn
2. antler

Inflection

Even e-stem, rvv-rv gradation
Nominative	tjoarvve
Genitive	tjoarve
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tjoarvve	tjoarve
Accusative	tjoarvev	tjå̄rvijt
Genitive	tjoarve	tjå̄rvij
Illative	tjoarvváj	tjå̄rvijda
Inessive	tjoarven	tjå̄rvijn
Elative	tjoarves	tjå̄rvijs
Comitative	tjå̄rvijn	tjå̄rvij
Abessive	tjoarvedagá tjoarvedagi	tjå̄rvijdagá tjå̄rvijdagi
Essive	tjoarvven
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person tjoarvvám tjoarvváma tjoarvváma 2nd person tjoarvvát tjoarvváda tjoarvváda 3rd person tjoarvves tjoarvveska tjoarvvesa

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