čeavrris

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čeavrēs.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

čeavrris

  1. otter

Inflection

Contracted i-stem, vr-vrr gradation
Nominative čeavrris
Genitive čeavrá
Singular Plural
Nominative čeavrris čeavrát
Accusative čeavrá čeavráid
Genitive čeavrá čeavráid
Illative čeavrái čeavráide
Locative čeavrás čeavráin
Comitative čeavráin čeavráiguin
Essive čeavrrisin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čeavrán čeavráme čeavrámet
2nd person čeavrát čeavráde čeavrádet
3rd person čeavrás čeavráska čeavráset

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
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