skihpa

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Northern Sami

Etymology

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Noun

skihpa

  1. sickness

Inflection

Even a-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative skihpa
Genitive skiba
Singular Plural
Nominative skihpa skibat
Accusative skiba skibaid
Genitive skiba skibaid
Illative skihpii skibaide
Locative skibas skibain
Comitative skibain skibaiguin
Essive skihpan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person skihpan skihpame skihpamet
2nd person skihpat skihpade skihpadet
3rd person skihpas skihpaska skihpaset

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