váivi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vājvē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈvaːjːviː/

Noun

váivi

1. problem, difficulty
2. illness, ailment

Inflection

Even i-stem, iv-ivv gradation
Nominative	váivi
Genitive	váivvi váivvẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	váivi	váivvit
Accusative	váivvi	váivviid
Genitive	váivvi váivvẹ	váivviid
Illative	váivái	váivviide
Locative	váivvis	váivviin
Comitative	váivviin	váivviiguin
Essive	váivin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person váiván váiváme váivámet 2nd person váivát váiváde váivádet 3rd person váivis váiviska váiviset

Adjective

váivi (comparative váivvit, superlative váivvimus)

1. problematic, difficult
2. annoying, troublesome
3. tedious

Inflection

Even i-stem, iv-ivv gradation
Attributive	váivvẹs
Nominative	váivi
Genitive	váivvi
Attributive	váivvẹs
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	váivi	váivvit
Accusative	váivvi	váivviid
Genitive	váivvi	váivviid
Illative	váivái	váivviide
Locative	váivvis	váivviin
Comitative	váivviin	váivviiguin
Essive	váivin

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