čiehppa

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čieppë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃie̯hːpa/

Noun

čiehppa

1. hiding place in snow

Inflection

Even a-stem, hpp-hp gradation
Nominative	čiehppa
Genitive	čiehpa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čiehppa	čiehpat
Accusative	čiehpa	čiehpaid
Genitive	čiehpa	čiehpaid
Illative	čīhppii	čiehpaide
Locative	čiehpas	čiehpain
Comitative	čiehpain	čiehpaiguin
Essive	čiehppan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person čiehppan čiehppame čiehppamet 2nd person čiehppat čiehppade čiehppadet 3rd person čiehppas čiehppaska čiehppaset

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