таввь

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tëvē, from Proto-Uralic *tiwä. Related to Finnish syvä. Compare Northern Sami davvi.

Noun

таввь (tavv’)

  1. (obsolete) north
    Synonym: таввял (tavv’al)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

вуэрьял-таввял
вуэррьель		 таввял
таввь		 нуҏҏьт-таввял
вуэррьял нуҏҏьт
вуэрьял-соа̄ййв соа̄ййв
соа̄ввьй		 нуҏҏьт-соа̄ййв

Derived terms

Adjective

таввь (tavv’)

  1. northern

Further reading
  • A. Antonova; E. Sheller (2021), “таввь”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
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