Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *cuoppë.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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cuohppa

  1. fish meat

Inflection

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Even a-stem, hpp-hp gradation
Nominative cuohppa
Genitive cuohpa
Singular Plural
Nominative cuohppa cuohpat
Accusative cuohpa cuohpaid
Genitive cuohpa cuohpaid
Illative cūhppii cuohpaide
Locative cuohpas cuohpain
Comitative cuohpain cuohpaiguin
Essive cuohppan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person cuohppan cuohppame cuohppamet
2nd person cuohppat cuohppade cuohppadet
3rd person cuohppas cuohppaska cuohppaset

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