tjiehppa

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Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čieppë.

Noun

tjiehppa

  1. fowl's resting hole in snow

Inflection

Even a-stem, hpp-hp gradation
Nominative tjiehppa
Genitive tjiehpa
Singular Plural
Nominative tjiehppa tjiehpa
Accusative tjiehpav tjiehpajt
Genitive tjiehpa tjiehpaj
Illative tjiehppaj tjiehpajda
Inessive tjiehpan tjiehpajn
Elative tjiehpas tjiehpajs
Comitative tjiehpajn tjiehpaj
Abessive tjiehpadagá
tjiehpadagi
tjiehpajdagá
tjiehpajdagi
Essive tjiehppan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person tjiehppam tjiehppama tjiehppama
2nd person tjiehppat tjiehppada tjiehppada
3rd person tjiehppas tjiehppaska tjiehppasa

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