tjoarvve

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Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čoarvē.

Noun

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tjoarvve

  1. horn
  2. antler

Inflection

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Even e-stem, rvv-rv gradation
Nominative tjoarvve
Genitive tjoarve
Singular Plural
Nominative tjoarvve tjoarve
Accusative tjoarvev tjå̄rvijt
Genitive tjoarve tjå̄rvij
Illative tjoarvváj tjå̄rvijda
Inessive tjoarven tjå̄rvijn
Elative tjoarves tjå̄rvijs
Comitative tjå̄rvijn tjå̄rvij
Abessive tjoarvedagá
tjoarvedagi
tjå̄rvijdagá
tjå̄rvijdagi
Essive tjoarvven
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person tjoarvvám tjoarvváma tjoarvváma
2nd person tjoarvvát tjoarvváda tjoarvváda
3rd person tjoarvves tjoarvveska tjoarvvesa

Further reading

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  • 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