grizzlyguovža

Partial calque of English grizzly bear, equivalent to *grizzly +‎ guovža (“bear”).

grizzlyguovža

1. grizzly bear; Ursus arctos horribilis
   • 1999 March 24, IPS-Washington, “Exxon Valdez roassu ii leat vajálduhtton”, in Min Áigi, volume 7, number 24, via National Library of Norway, page 12:

     Birasgáhttejeaddjit cuiggodit ahte bávkalusaid geavaheapmi oljoohcamis dahká ahte jiekŋaguovžžat ja grizzlyguovžžat guđđet oalát biejuideaset ja čivggaideaset dákkár ráfihuttimiid^{[sic – meaning ráfihuhttimiid]} geažil.

     Environmentalists warn that the use of blasting in oil prospecting causes polar bears and grizzly bears to completely leave their dens and young because of disturbances.

   • 2004, “Luođunáliid diversitehtta, avádat ja leavvan gártet rievdat”, in Nils Ole Gaup, transl., edited by Susan Joy Hassol, Liegganeamen Árktisa Čuozahusat, Cambridge University Press, translation of Impacts of a Warming Arctic, via National Library of Norway, →ISBN, page 58:

     Muhto doppe fas buktet gilvvut, nugo hybridašuhttin ruskeš^{[sic – meaning ruškes]} ja grizzly guovžžaiguin ja lassánan olmmošdahkkan doaimmat, lasseuhkádusaid jiekŋaguovžanáli ceavzinvejolašvuhtii.

     [original: The only foreseeable option that polar bears would have is to adapt to a land-based summer lifestyle, but competition, risk of hybridization with brown and grizzly bears, and increased human interactions would then present additional threats to their survival as a species.]

   • 2022 August 30, Stine Ericsson Anti, quoting Jan Gunnar Furuly, “Guovžža darvehii govvii”, in Ávvir, volume 15, number 161, via National Library of Norway, page 9:

     Muhto ruškesguovžžas lea áibbas eará luondu ja láhttenvuohki, go ovdamearkka dihte grizzlyguovžžain ja jiekŋaguovžžain[.]

     But the brown bear has a rather different nature and behaviour than, for example, grizzly bears and polar bears[.]

   • 2025 November 22, “Grizzlyguovža fallehi oahppiid ja oahpaheaddjiid”, in NRK Sápmi‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 November 2025:

     [Bajilčála:] Grizzlyguovža fallehi^{[sic – meaning fallehii]} oahppiid ja oahpaheaddjiid

     [Title:] Grizzly Bear Attacks Students and Teachers