dálvi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tālvē.

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

Noun

dálvi

  1. winter

Inflection
Even i-stem, lv-lvv gradation
Nominative dálvi
Genitive dálvvi
dálvvẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative dálvi dálvvit
Accusative dálvvi dálvviid
Genitive dálvvi
dálvvẹ		 dálvviid
Illative dálvái dálvviide
Locative dálvvis dálvviin
Comitative dálvviin dálvviiguin
Essive dálvin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dálván dálváme dálvámet
2nd person dálvát dálváde dálvádet
3rd person dálvis dálviska dálviset

Derived terms

See also
Seasons in Northern Sami · jagiáiggit (layout · text) · category
giđđa (“spring”) geassi (“summer”) čakča (“autumn”) dálvi (“winter”)

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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