biipu

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpijːpuː/

Noun

biipu

1. (tobacco) pipe

Inflection

Even u-stem, ip-ipp gradation
Nominative	biipu
Genitive	biippu biippọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	biipu	biipput
Accusative	biippu	biippūid
Genitive	biippu biippọ	biippūid
Illative	biipui	biippūide
Locative	biippus	biippūin
Comitative	biippūin	biippūiguin
Essive	biipun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person biipon biipome biipomet 2nd person biipot biipode biipodet 3rd person biipus biipuska biipuset

Derived terms

• suovvabiipu

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