geahpis

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *keappēs.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkea̯hpiːs/

Noun

geahpis

1. lung

Inflection

Contracted i-stem, hpp-hp gradation
Nominative	geahpis
Genitive	geahppá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	geahpis	geahppát
Accusative	geahppá	geahppáid
Genitive	geahppá	geahppáid
Illative	geahppái	geahppáide
Locative	geahppás	geahppáin
Comitative	geahppáin	geahppáiguin
Essive	geahpisin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person geahppán geahppáme geahppámet 2nd person geahppát geahppáde geahppádet 3rd person geahppás geahppáska geahppáset

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