geafi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From older Finnish, from Proto-Finnic *keühä (“poor”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkea̯fiː/

Adjective

geafi (not comparable)

1. poor

Inflection

Even i-stem, no gradation
Attributive	geafẹs
Nominative	geafi
Genitive	geafi
Attributive	geafẹs
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	geafi	geafit
Accusative	geafi	gēfiid
Genitive	geafi	gēfiid
Illative	geafái	gēfiide
Locative	geafis	gēfiin
Comitative	gēfiin	gēfiiguin
Essive	geafin

Alternative forms

• geaffi

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