уввй

Akkala Sami

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Уввй.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *(h)uvjë.

Compare Skolt Sami uvjj, Kildin Sami уввьй (uvv’j) and Northern Sami uvja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuvːj/

Noun

уввй (uvvj)

1. down (soft feathers)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 70