láppis

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *lāmpēs, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lambaz. Related to Inari Sami lääbis.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

láppis

  1. lamb (young sheep)

Inflection

Contracted i-stem, bb-pp gradation
Nominative láppis
Genitive lábbá
Singular Plural
Nominative láppis lábbát
Accusative lábbá lábbáid
Genitive lábbá lábbáid
Illative lábbái lábbáide
Locative lábbás lábbáin
Comitative lábbáin lábbáiguin
Essive láppisin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person lábbán lábbáme lábbámet
2nd person lábbát lábbáde lábbádet
3rd person lábbás lábbáska lábbáset

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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