Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a North Germanic language (compare Icelandic kaup). Related to Finnish kauppa.

Cognates include Northern Sami gávpi (borrowed from Finnish), Inari Sami kävppi and Skolt Sami kaupp.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ка̄һп (kāhp)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) deal
  2. (obsolete or dialectal) trade

Inflection

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Declension of ка̄һп (type I noun, һп-бп gradation)
Nominative ка̄һп (kāhp)
Genitive ка̄бп (kābp)
singular plural
Nominative ка̄һп (kāhp) ка̄бп (kābp)
Accusative ка̄бп (kābp) ка̄бпэтҍ (kābpet’)
Genitive ка̄бп (kābp) ка̄бпэ (kābpe)
Dative-Illative ка̄һпа (kāhpa) ка̄бпэтҍ (kābpet’)
Locative ка̄бпэсьт (kābpes’t) ка̄бпэнҍ (kābpen’)
Comitative ка̄бпэнҍ (kābpen’) ка̄бпэгуэйм (kābpeguejm)
Abessive ка̄бпха (kābpxa) ка̄бпэха (kābpexa)
Essive ка̄һпэнҍ (kāhpen’)
Partitive ка̄һпэ (kāhpe)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kāɔ̀p̀ᴬ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'kāɔ̀p̀ᴬ'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 99