lihpi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlihpiː/

Noun

lihpi

  1. ridge

Inflection

Even i-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative lihpi
Genitive libi
libẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative lihpi libit
Accusative libi libiid
Genitive libi
libẹ
libiid
Illative lihpái libiide
Locative libis libiin
Comitative libiin libiiguin
Essive lihpin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person lihpán lihpáme lihpámet
2nd person lihpát lihpáde lihpádet
3rd person lihpis lihpiska lihpiset

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