Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian Nordkapp.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nordkáhppa

  1. Nordkapp (a municipality of Norway)
    Synonym: Davvinjárga

Inflection

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Even a-stem, hpp-hp gradation
Nominative Nordkáhppa
Genitive Nordkáhpa
Singular Plural
Nominative Nordkáhppa
Accusative Nordkáhpa
Genitive Nordkáhpa
Illative Nordkáhppii
Locative Nordkáhpas
Comitative Nordkáhpain
Essive Nordkáhppan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person Nordkáhppan Nordkáhppame Nordkáhppamet
2nd person Nordkáhppat Nordkáhppade Nordkáhppadet
3rd person Nordkáhppas Nordkáhppaska Nordkáhppaset

Further reading

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  • 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