suovâ

See also: suova

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *suovë.

Noun

suoṿâ

1. smoke

   Suovâ paijaan poccest.

   Smoke rises from the chimney.

Inflection

Even â-stem, ṿ-v gradation
Nominative	suoṿâ
Genitive	suovâ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	suoṿâ	suovah
Accusative	suovâ	suovâid
Genitive	suovâ	suoˈvâi suovâi
Illative	suoṿân	suováid
Locative	suovâst	suovâin
Comitative	suováin	suoˈvâiguin
Abessive	suoˈvâttáá	suoˈvâittáá
Essive	suovvân
Partitive	suovvâd
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

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