Noun type: 9
Characteristics
Comparison forms of adjective
aava
Singular
| Nominative | aava |
| Partitive | aavaa |
| Genetive | aavan |
| Accusative | aavan |
| Inessive | aavassa |
| Elative | aavasta |
| Illative | aavaan |
| Adessive | aavalla |
| Ablative | aavalta |
| Allative | aavalle |
| Essive | aavana |
| Translative | aavaksi |
| Abessive | aavatta |
Plural
| Nominative | aavat |
| Partitive | aavoja |
| Genetive | aavojen |
| Accusative | aavat |
| Inessive | aavoissa |
| Elative | aavoista |
| Illative | aavoihin |
| Adessive | aavoilla |
| Ablative | aavoilta |
| Allative | aavoille |
| Essive | aavoina |
| Translative | aavoiksi |
| Abessive | aavoitta |
| Instructive | aavoin |
| Comitative | aavoine |
Sample Sentences
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly a variant of aapa (with leveling of the weak grade aava-, influenced perhaps by avata), or a separate Sami borrowing (from Proto-Samic *āvõs).
Nouns inflected like aava
aapa,
aatra,
aava,
abbedissa,
abrakadabra,
abskissa,
adventtiaika,
aerodynamiikka,
afta,
agenda,
ahdelauha,
ahkeraliisa,
ahma,
ahminta,
ahnehdinta,
aika,
aina,
aisa,
aita,
aitta, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)