geafi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From older Finnish, from Proto-Finnic *keühä (“poor”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkea̯fiː/

Adjective

geafi (not comparable)

  1. poor

Inflection

Even i-stem, no gradation
Attributive geafẹs
Nominative geafi
Genitive geafi
Attributive geafẹs
Singular Plural
Nominative geafi geafit
Accusative geafi gēfiid
Genitive geafi gēfiid
Illative geafái gēfiide
Locative geafis gēfiin
Comitative gēfiin gēfiiguin
Essive geafin

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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