čibbi

See also: cibbi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čimpē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃibːbiː/

Noun

čibbi

1. knee

Inflection

Even i-stem, bb-pp gradation
Nominative	čibbi
Genitive	čippi čippẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čibbi	čippit
Accusative	čippi	čippiid
Genitive	čippi čippẹ	čippiid
Illative	čibbái	čippiide
Locative	čippis	čippiin
Comitative	čippiin	čippiiguin
Essive	čibbin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person čibbán čibbáme čibbámet 2nd person čibbát čibbáde čibbádet 3rd person čibbis čibbiska čibbiset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland