tjavelk

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Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čëvēlkē.

Noun

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tjavelk

  1. back (of the body)
  2. ridge

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative tjavelk
Genitive tjavelga
Singular Plural
Nominative tjavelk tjavelga
Accusative tjavelgav tjavelgijt
Genitive tjavelga tjavelgij
Illative tjavelgij tjavelgijda
Inessive tjavelgin tjavelgijn
Elative tjavelgis tjavelgijs
Comitative tjavelgijn tjavelgij
Abessive tjavelgadagá
tjavelgadagi
tjavelgijdagá
tjavelgijdagi
Essive tjavelgin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person tjavelgim
tjavelgam
tjavelgimme tjavelgimme
2nd person tjavelgit
tjavelgat
tjavelgihtte tjavelgihtte
3rd person tjavelgis tjavelgiska tjavelgisá

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