divri

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tivrē, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa). Related to Inari Sami tivre.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtivːriː/

Noun

divri

  1. insect

Inflection

Even i-stem, vr-vrr gradation
Nominative divri
Genitive divrri
divrrẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative divri divrrit
Accusative divrri divrriid
Genitive divrri
divrrẹ
divrriid
Illative divrái divrriide
Locative divrris divrriin
Comitative divrriin divrriiguin
Essive divrin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person divrán divráme divrámet
2nd person divrát divráde divrádet
3rd person divris divriska divriset

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