Northern Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlihpiː/

Noun

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lihpi

  1. ridge

Inflection

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Even i-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative lihpi
Genitive libi
libẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative lihpi libit
Accusative libi libiid
Genitive libi
libẹ
libiid
Illative lihpái libiide
Locative libis libiin
Comitative libiin libiiguin
Essive lihpin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person lihpán lihpáme lihpámet
2nd person lihpát lihpáde lihpádet
3rd person lihpis lihpiska lihpiset

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