rieban

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Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from a Finnic language, ultimately from Proto-Finnic *repäinen.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈrie̯pan/

Noun

rieban

  1. red fox, Vulpes vulpes
    Maid dadjá rieban?
    What does the fox say?

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative rieban
Genitive riebana
Singular Plural
Nominative rieban riebanat
Accusative riebana riebaniid
Genitive riebana riebaniid
Illative riebanii riebaniidda
Locative riebanis riebaniin
Comitative riebaniin riebaniiguin
Essive riebanin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person riebanan riebaneamẹ riebaneamẹt
2nd person riebanat riebaneattẹ riebaneattẹt
3rd person riebanis riebaneaskkạ riebaneasẹt

Derived terms

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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