čeabet

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čeapēttē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

čeabẹt

1. neck
2. bottleneck
3. spout

Inflection

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

• čeabẹhastit

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