guovdi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuovtē.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkuo̯vːtiː/

Noun

guovdi

  1. dragon
  2. sea snake

Inflection
Even i-stem, vd-vdd gradation
Nominative guovdi
Genitive guovddi
guovddẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative guovdi guovddit
Accusative guovddi gūvddiid
Genitive guovddi
guovddẹ		 gūvddiid
Illative guovdái gūvddiide
Locative guovddis gūvddiin
Comitative gūvddiin gūvddiiguin
Essive guovdin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person guovdán guovdáme guovdámet
2nd person guovdát guovdáde guovdádet
3rd person guovdis guovdiska guovdiset

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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