bumbá

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Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpumːpaː/

Noun

bumbá

  1. chest, trunk (box)

Inflection

Even á-stem, mb-mbb gradation
Nominative bumbá
Genitive bumbbá
Singular Plural
Nominative bumbá bumbbát
Accusative bumbbá bumbbáid
Genitive bumbbá bumbbáid
Illative bumbái bumbbáide
Locative bumbbás bumbbáin
Comitative bumbbáin bumbbáiguin
Essive bumbán
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person bumbán bumbáme bumbámet
2nd person bumbát bumbáde bumbádet
3rd person bumbás bumbáska bumbáset

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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