vuovda

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vuomtë.

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

Noun

vuovda

  1. chest cavity, abdominal cavity

Inflection
Even a-stem, vd-vdd gradation
Nominative vuovda
Genitive vuovdda
Singular Plural
Nominative vuovda vuovddat
Accusative vuovdda vuovddaid
Genitive vuovdda vuovddaid
Illative vūvdii vuovddaide
Locative vuovddas vuovddain
Comitative vuovddain vuovddaiguin
Essive vuovdan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person vuovdan vuovdame vuovdamet
2nd person vuovdat vuovdade vuovdadet
3rd person vuovdas vuovdaska vuovdaset

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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