njoalpi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

njoalpi

1. thing or animal that is hard to get hold of

Inflection

Even i-stem, lp-lpp gradation
Nominative	njoalpi
Genitive	njoalppi njoalppẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	njoalpi	njoalppit
Accusative	njoalppi	njōlppiid
Genitive	njoalppi njoalppẹ	njōlppiid
Illative	njoalpái	njōlppiide
Locative	njoalppis	njōlppiin
Comitative	njōlppiin	njōlppiiguin
Essive	njoalpin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person njoalpán njoalpáme njoalpámet 2nd person njoalpát njoalpáde njoalpádet 3rd person njoalpis njoalpiska njoalpiset

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