oajvve

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oajvē, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa.

Noun

oajvve

  1. head
  2. head, chief, leader, chairman
  3. round mountaintop

Inflection
Even e-stem, jvv-jv gradation
Nominative oajvve
Genitive oajve
Singular Plural
Nominative oajvve oajve
Accusative oajvev å̄jvijt
Genitive oajve å̄jvij
Illative oajvváj å̄jvijda
Inessive oajven å̄jvijn
Elative oajves å̄jvijs
Comitative å̄jvijn å̄jvij
Abessive oajvedagá
oajvedagi		 å̄jvijdagá
å̄jvijdagi
Essive oajvven
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person oajvvám oajvváma oajvváma
2nd person oajvvát oajvváda oajvváda
3rd person oajvves oajvveska oajvvesa

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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