gávpi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish kauppa.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkaːvːpiː/

Noun

gávpi

  1. store, shop (place of business)
  2. trade
  3. purchase
  4. deal

Inflection

Even i-stem, vp-vpp gradation
Nominative gávpi
Genitive gávppi
gávppẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative gávpi gávppit
Accusative gávppi gávppiid
Genitive gávppi
gávppẹ 		gávppiid
Illative gávpái gávppiide
Locative gávppis gávppiin
Comitative gávppiin gávppiiguin
Essive gávpin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gávpán gávpáme gávpámet
2nd person gávpát gávpáde gávpádet
3rd person gávpis gávpiska gávpiset

Derived terms

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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