hávdi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *(h)āvtē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈhaːvːtiː/

Noun

hávdi

1. grave, tomb

Inflection

Even i-stem, vd-vdd gradation
Nominative	hávdi
Genitive	hávddi hávddẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hávdi	hávddit
Accusative	hávddi	hávddiid
Genitive	hávddi hávddẹ	hávddiid
Illative	hávdái	hávddiide
Locative	hávddis	hávddiin
Comitative	hávddiin	hávddiiguin
Essive	hávdin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person hávdán hávdáme hávdámet 2nd person hávdát hávdáde hávdádet 3rd person hávdis hávdiska hávdiset

Further reading

• 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