gárpa

See also: garpa, garpá, and går på

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːrːpa/

Noun

gárpa

1. carp

Inflection

Even a-stem, rp-rpp gradation
Nominative	gárpa
Genitive	gárppa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gárpa	gárppat
Accusative	gárppa	gárppaid
Genitive	gárppa	gárppaid
Illative	gárpii	gárppaide
Locative	gárppas	gárppain
Comitative	gárppain	gárppaiguin
Essive	gárpan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gárpan gárpame gárpamet 2nd person gárpat gárpade gárpadet 3rd person gárpas gárpaska gárpaset

Alternative forms

• kárpa

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