Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *toppë. Related to Finnish tuppi. Cognates include Northern Sami dohpi and Skolt Sami topp.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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то̄һп (tōhp)

  1. sheath, scabbard

Inflection

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Declension of то̄һп (type I noun, һп-бп gradation)
Nominative то̄һп (tōhp)
Genitive то̄бп (tōbp)
singular plural
Nominative то̄һп (tōhp) то̄бп (tōbp)
Accusative то̄бп (tōbp) то̄бпэтҍ (tōbpet’)
Genitive то̄бп (tōbp) то̄бпэ (tōbpe)
Dative-Illative то̄һпӭ (tōhp’e) то̄бпэтҍ (tōbpet’)
Locative то̄бпэсьт (tōbpes’t) то̄бпэнҍ (tōbpen’)
Comitative то̄бпэнҍ (tōbpen’) то̄бпэгуэйм (tōbpeguejm)
Abessive то̄бпха (tōbpxa) то̄бпэха (tōbpexa)
Essive то̄һпэнҍ (tōhpen’)
Partitive то̄һпэ (tōhpe)

Further reading

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  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎[1], Русский язык, page 355
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “то̄ххп”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “tòɔp̆p”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland