tivre

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tivrē, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa). Related to Northern Sami divri.

Noun

tivre

  1. insect

Inflection

Even e-stem, vˈr-vr gradation
Nominative tivre
Genitive tivre
Singular Plural
Nominative tivre tivreh
Accusative tivre tiivrijd
Genitive tivre tivrij
tiivrij
Illative tiivrán tivrijd
Locative tivreest tiivrijn
Comitative tivrijn tivrijguin
Abessive tivrettáá tivrijttáá
Essive tivren
Partitive tivred
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

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