jåvvlå

Pite Sami

Etymology

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Noun

jåvvlå

1. Christmas

Inflection

Even å-stem, vvl-vl gradation
Nominative	jåvvlå
Genitive	jåvlå
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	jåvvlå	jåvlå
Accusative	jåvlåv	jåvlåjt
Genitive	jåvlå	jåvlåj
Illative	jåvvlåj	jåvlåjda
Inessive	jåvlån	jåvlåjn
Elative	jåvlåst jåvlås	jåvlåjst jåvlåjs
Comitative	jåvlåjn	jåvlåj
Essive	jåvvlån

Derived terms

• buorre jåvvlå

Further reading

• jåvvlå in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• 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