gihpu

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish kipu.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkihpuː/

Noun

gihpu

1. severe pain

Inflection

Even u-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative	gihpu
Genitive	gibu gibọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gihpu	gibut
Accusative	gibu	gibūid
Genitive	gibu gibọ	gibūid
Illative	gihpui	gibūide
Locative	gibus	gibūin
Comitative	gibūin	gibūiguin
Essive	gihpun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gihpon gihpome gihpomet 2nd person gihpot gihpode gihpodet 3rd person gihpus gihpuska gihpuset

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