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Inari Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *lāmpēs, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lambaz. Related to Northern Sami láppis.
Noun
lääbis
- lamb
Inflection
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