Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *kuompër.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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guoppar

  1. mushroom
  2. fungus

Inflection

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Odd, bb-pp gradation
Nominative guoppar
Genitive guobbara
Singular Plural
Nominative guoppar guobbarat
Accusative guobbara guobbariid
Genitive guobbara guobbariid
Illative guobbarii guobbariidda
Locative guobbaris guobbariin
Comitative guobbariin guobbariiguin
Essive guopparin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person guobbaran guobbareamẹ guobbareamẹt
2nd person guobbarat guobbareattẹ guobbareattẹt
3rd person guobbaris guobbareaskkạ guobbareasẹt

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