Unknown. Sometimes compared with Komi-Zyrian (šep) and Udmurt (šep, “ear of grain”).
heppi (colloquial)
| Inflection of heppi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | heppi | hepit | ||
| genitive | hepin | heppien | ||
| partitive | heppiä | heppejä | ||
| illative | heppiin | heppeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | heppi | hepit | ||
| accusative | nom. | heppi | hepit | |
| gen. | hepin | |||
| genitive | hepin | heppien | ||
| partitive | heppiä | heppejä | ||
| inessive | hepissä | hepeissä | ||
| elative | hepistä | hepeistä | ||
| illative | heppiin | heppeihin | ||
| adessive | hepillä | hepeillä | ||
| ablative | hepiltä | hepeiltä | ||
| allative | hepille | hepeille | ||
| essive | heppinä | heppeinä | ||
| translative | hepiksi | hepeiksi | ||
| abessive | hepittä | hepeittä | ||
| instructive | — | hepein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||