gárpa

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See also: garpa, garpá, and går på

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkaːrːpa/

Noun

gárpa

  1. carp

Inflection

Even a-stem, rp-rpp gradation
Nominative gárpa
Genitive gárppa
Singular Plural
Nominative gárpa gárppat
Accusative gárppa gárppaid
Genitive gárppa gárppaid
Illative gárpii gárppaide
Locative gárppas gárppain
Comitative gárppain gárppaiguin
Essive gárpan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gárpan gárpame gárpamet
2nd person gárpat gárpade gárpadet
3rd person gárpas gárpaska gárpaset

Alternative forms

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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