náhpi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nāpē.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnaːhpiː/

Noun

náhpi

  1. navel

Inflection

Even i-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative náhpi
Genitive nábi
nábẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative náhpi nábit
Accusative nábi nábiid
Genitive nábi
nábẹ 		nábiid
Illative náhpái nábiide
Locative nábis nábiin
Comitative nábiin nábiiguin
Essive náhpin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person náhpán náhpáme náhpámet
2nd person náhpát náhpáde náhpádet
3rd person náhpis náhpiska náhpiset

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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