jievjaskuolfi
Northern Sami
Etymology
jievjjas (“bright”) + skuolfi (“owl”)
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈjie̯vːjasˌkuo̯lːfiː/
Noun
jievjaskuolfi
- the snowy owl; Bubo scandiacus
- Bjørn Frantzen, Hans Dransfeld, Olaf Hunsdal, translated by Harald S. Kåven, Finnmárkku loddeatlas (overall work in Norwegian, Northern Sami, and Finnish), Norgga Ornitologalaš Searvi, →ISBN, page 137:
- Viiddis duoddariid gonagas lea jievjaskuolfi. Máinnasgonagasa láhkai lea gárvudan čuovgi vilges buoiddanáhkedorkkain.
- [original: De vide høyfjellvidders konge, det er snøugla. Som eventyrkongen synes den kledd med sin kappe av skinnende kvit hermelin]
- The king of the wide fells is the snowy owl. Like a fairy tale king, it is clad in a shining white ermine cape.
- 2009 June 13, “Jievjaskuolfi Siiddas Anáris”, in Ávvir, volume 2, number 107, page 18:
- Davvieatnamiid jievja jápmin - čuovgagovvačájáhus jievjaskuolffis rahppui Anára Siiddas mannan lávvardaga.
- The white death of the north - A slideshow on the snowy owl opened in Ánar Siidda last Saturday
- 2024 July 14, “Áigot dutkat jievjaskuolffi”, in NRK[1]:
- [Title:] Áigot dutkat jievjaskuolffi
- Researching snowy owl
Inflection
| Even i-stem, lf-lff gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | jievjaskuolfi | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | jievjaskuolffi jievjaskuolffẹ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | jievjaskuolfi | jievjaskuolffit | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | jievjaskuolffi | jievjaskūlffiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | jievjaskuolffi jievjaskuolffẹ |
jievjaskūlffiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | jievjaskuolfái | jievjaskūlffiide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | jievjaskuolffis | jievjaskūlffiin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | jievjaskūlffiin | jievjaskūlffiiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | jievjaskuolfin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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