Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *tieppē.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

diehppi

  1. pompom, tassel

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, hpp-hp gradation
Nominative diehppi
Genitive diehpi
diehpẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative diehppi diehpit
Accusative diehpi dīhpiid
Genitive diehpi
diehpẹ
dīhpiid
Illative diehppái dīhpiide
Locative diehpis dīhpiin
Comitative dīhpiin dīhpiiguin
Essive diehppin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person diehppán diehppáme diehppámet
2nd person diehppát diehppáde diehppádet
3rd person diehppis diehppiska diehppiset

Further reading edit

  • 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