Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Contraction of eanẹbu, the genitive singular form of eanẹt.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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eambbọ (superlative eanẹmus)

  1. more
  2. rather

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