soavli

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *soavlē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsoɑ̯vːliː/

Noun

soavli

1. snow slush

Inflection

Even i-stem, vl-vll gradation
Nominative	soavli
Genitive	soavlli soavllẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	soavli	soavllit
Accusative	soavlli	sōvlliid
Genitive	soavlli soavllẹ	sōvlliid
Illative	soavlái	sōvlliide
Locative	soavllis	sōvlliin
Comitative	sōvlliin	sōvlliiguin
Essive	soavlin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person soavlán soavláme soavlámet 2nd person soavlát soavláde soavládet 3rd person soavlis soavliska soavliset

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