sáibu

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Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish saippua (“soap”), which itself from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ (“soap”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sáibu

  1. soap

Inflection

Even u-stem, ib-ibb gradation
Nominative sáibu
Genitive sáibbu
sáibbọ
Singular Plural
Nominative sáibu sáibbut
Accusative sáibbu sáibbūid
Genitive sáibbu
sáibbọ 		sáibbūid
Illative sáibui sáibbūide
Locative sáibbus sáibbūin
Comitative sáibbūin sáibbūiguin
Essive sáibun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sáibon sáibome sáibomet
2nd person sáibot sáibode sáibodet
3rd person sáibus sáibuska sáibuset

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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