tsievve

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ceavē.

Noun

tsievve

1. snow that is dense enough to carry a reindeer

Inflection

Even e-stem, vv-v gradation
Nominative	tsievve
Genitive	tsieve
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tsievve	tsieve
Accusative	tsievev	tsievijt
Genitive	tsieve	tsievij
Illative	tsävváj	tsievijda
Inessive	tsieven	tsievijn
Elative	tsieves	tsievijs
Comitative	tsievijn	tsievij
Abessive	tsievedagá tsievedagi	tsievijdagá tsievijdagi
Essive	tsievven
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person tsävvám tsävváma tsävváma 2nd person tsävvát tsävváda tsävváda 3rd person tsievves tsievveska tsievvesa

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

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ceavē.

Noun

tsievve

1. snow that is dense enough to carry a reindeer

Inflection

Even e-stem, vv-v gradation
Nominative	tsievve
Genitive	tsieve
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tsievve	tsieve
Accusative	tsievev	tsevijt
Genitive	tsieve	tsevij
Illative	tsievváj	tsevijda
Inessive	tsieven	tsevijn
Elative	tsievest tsieves	tsevijst tsevijs
Comitative	tsevijn	tsevij
Essive	tsievven

Further reading

• tsievve in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland