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таввь

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Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *tëvē, from Proto-Uralic *tiwä. Related to Finnish syvä. Compare Northern Sami davvi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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таввь (tavv’)

  1. (obsolete) north
    Synonym: таввял (tavvjal)

Inflection

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Coordinate terms

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(compass points)

вуэррьял-таввял (vuerr’’al-tavvjal) таввял (tavvjal)
таввь (tavv’)
нуҏҏьт-таввял (nur̥r̥’t-tavvjal)
вуэррьял (vuerr’’al) нуҏҏьт (nur̥r̥’t)
вуэррьял-соа̄ййв (vuerr’’al-sååjjv) соа̄ййв (sååjjv)
соа̄ввьй (sååvv’j)
нуҏҏьт-соа̄ййв (nur̥r̥’t-sååjjv)


Derived terms

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Adjective

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таввь (tavv’)

  1. northern

Further reading

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  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “таввь”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway