Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *čeapēttē.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe̯apeh(t)/

Noun edit

čeabẹt

  1. neck
  2. bottleneck
  3. spout

Inflection edit

Odd, no gradation
Nominative čeabẹt
Genitive čeabẹha
Singular Plural
Nominative čeabẹt čeabẹhat
Accusative čeabẹha čeabẹhiid
Genitive čeabẹha čeabẹhiid
Illative čeabẹhii čeabẹhiidda
Locative čeabẹhis čeabẹhiin
Comitative čeabẹhiin čeabẹhiiguin
Essive čeabẹhin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čeabẹhan čeabẹheamẹ čeabẹheamẹt
2nd person čeabẹhat čeabẹheattẹ čeabẹheattẹt
3rd person čeabẹhis čeabẹheaskkạ čeabẹheasẹt

Derived terms edit

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