cumpi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

cumpi

1. hair top

Inflection

Even i-stem, mp-mpp gradation
Nominative	cumpi
Genitive	cumppi cumppẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cumpi	cumppit
Accusative	cumppi	cumppiid
Genitive	cumppi cumppẹ	cumppiid
Illative	cumpái	cumppiide
Locative	cumppis	cumppiin
Comitative	cumppiin	cumppiiguin
Essive	cumpin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person cumpán cumpáme cumpámet 2nd person cumpát cumpáde cumpádet 3rd person cumpis cumpiska cumpiset

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