Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From bivnnut +‎ -heapmẹ.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpivnnuːˌhe̯apme/

Adjective

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bivnnuheapmẹ (not comparable)

  1. unpopular, not liked, charmless

Inflection

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Even e-stem, pm-m gradation
Attributive bivnnuhis
Nominative bivnnuheapme
Genitive bivnnuheame
Attributive bivnnuhis
Singular Plural
Nominative bivnnuheapme bivnnuheamet
Accusative bivnnuheame bivnnuheamiid
Genitive bivnnuheame bivnnuheamiid
Illative bivnnuheapmii bivnnuheamiide
Locative bivnnuheames bivnnuheamiin
Comitative bivnnuheamiin bivnnuheamiiguin
Essive bivnnuheapmen

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