gumpe

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• kumpu (Walser)

Etymology

From Middle High German gumpen, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gempaną, *gembaną (“to hop, skip, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰemb- (“to spring, hop, jump”). Cognate with dialectal German gampen, English jump.

Verb

gumpe

1. to leap, jump

Derived terms

• Heugumper

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *(s)kumppā, cognate with Inari Sami kumppi.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkumːpe/

Noun

gumpe

1. wolf

Inflection

Even e-stem, mp-mpp gradation
Nominative	gumpe
Genitive	gumppe
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gumpe	gumppet
Accusative	gumppe	gumppiid
Genitive	gumppe	gumppiid
Illative	gumpii	gumppiide
Locative	gumppes	gumppiin
Comitative	gumppiin	gumppiiguin
Essive	gumpen
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gumpen gumpeme gumpemet 2nd person gumpet gumpede gumpedet 3rd person gumpes gumpeska gumpeset

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