Roavvenjárga

Northern Sami

Alternative forms

Roavenjárga

Etymology

roavvi (from Proto-Samic *roavē “burnt place”) +‎ njárga

Proper noun

Roavvenjárga

Rovaniemi (a city and municipality of Lapland, Finland)

Inflection

Even a-stem, rg-rgg gradation

Nominative

Genitive

Roavvenjárgga

Singular

Plural

Nominative

—

Accusative

Roavvenjárgga

—

Genitive

Roavvenjárgga

—

Illative

Roavvenjárgii

—

Locative

Roavvenjárggas

—

Comitative

Roavvenjárggain

—

Essive

Roavvenjárgan

Possessive forms
	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	Roavvenjárgan	Roavvenjárgame	Roavvenjárgamet
2nd person	Roavvenjárgat	Roavvenjárgade	Roavvenjárgadet
3rd person	Roavvenjárgas	Roavvenjárgaska	Roavvenjárgaset

Further reading

Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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