gáibi

See also: gaibi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kājpē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːjːpiː/

Noun

gáibi

1. jaw

Inflection

Even i-stem, ib-ibb gradation
Nominative	gáibi
Genitive	gáibbi gáibbẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gáibi	gáibbit
Accusative	gáibbi	gáibbiid
Genitive	gáibbi gáibbẹ	gáibbiid
Illative	gáibái	gáibbiide
Locative	gáibbis	gáibbiin
Comitative	gáibbiin	gáibbiiguin
Essive	gáibin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gáibán gáibáme gáibámet 2nd person gáibát gáibáde gáibádet 3rd person gáibis gáibiska gáibiset

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