gávri

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish käyrä.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gávri

  1. crooked person, animal or thing

Inflection

Even i-stem, vr-vrr gradation
Nominative gávri
Genitive gávrri
gávrrẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative gávri gávrrit
Accusative gávrri gávrriid
Genitive gávrri
gávrrẹ 		gávrriid
Illative gávrái gávrriide
Locative gávrris gávrriin
Comitative gávrriin gávrriiguin
Essive gávrin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gávrán gávráme gávrámet
2nd person gávrát gávráde gávrádet
3rd person gávris gávriska gávriset

Derived terms

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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