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bruvsa

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian brus.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpruvːsa/

Noun

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bruvsa

  1. fizzy drink, soda, pop

Inflection

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Even a-stem, vs-vss gradation
Nominative bruvsa
Genitive bruvssa
Singular Plural
Nominative bruvsa bruvssat
Accusative bruvssa bruvssaid
Genitive bruvssa bruvssaid
Illative bruvsii bruvssaide
Locative bruvssas bruvssain
Comitative bruvssain bruvssaiguin
Essive bruvsan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person bruvsan bruvsame bruvsamet
2nd person bruvsat bruvsade bruvsadet
3rd person bruvsas bruvsaska bruvsaset

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