bivaheapme

Northern Sami

Etymology

From bivva- +‎ -heapmẹ, the former being the base stem found in bivval.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

bivaheapmẹ (comparative bivahit, superlative bivaheamos)

1. cold, freezing

Inflection

Even e-stem, pm-m gradation
Attributive	bivahis
Nominative	bivaheapme
Genitive	bivaheame
Attributive	bivahis
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bivaheapme	bivaheamet
Accusative	bivaheame	bivaheamiid
Genitive	bivaheame	bivaheamiid
Illative	bivaheapmii	bivaheamiide
Locative	bivaheames	bivaheamiin
Comitative	bivaheamiin	bivaheamiiguin
Essive	bivaheapmen

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