bumbá

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpumːpaː/

Noun

bumbá

1. chest, trunk (box)

Inflection

Even á-stem, mb-mbb gradation
Nominative	bumbá
Genitive	bumbbá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bumbá	bumbbát
Accusative	bumbbá	bumbbáid
Genitive	bumbbá	bumbbáid
Illative	bumbái	bumbbáide
Locative	bumbbás	bumbbáin
Comitative	bumbbáin	bumbbáiguin
Essive	bumbán
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bumbán bumbáme bumbámet 2nd person bumbát bumbáde bumbádet 3rd person bumbás bumbáska bumbáset

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