Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *këpērē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkahpiːr/

Noun

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gahpir

  1. cap, toque

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative gahpir
Genitive gahpira
Singular Plural
Nominative gahpir gahpirat
Accusative gahpira gahpiriid
Genitive gahpira gahpiriid
Illative gahpirii gahpiriidda
Locative gahpiris gahpiriin
Comitative gahpiriin gahpiriiguin
Essive gahpirin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gahpiran gahpireamẹ gahpireamẹt
2nd person gahpirat gahpireattẹ gahpireattẹt
3rd person gahpiris gahpireaskkạ gahpireasẹt

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