rappsa

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *rëpsë.

Noun

rappsa

1. skin of a young reindeer calf, with hair still on it

Inflection

Even a-stem, pps-ps gradation
Nominative	rappsa
Genitive	rapsa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rappsa	rapsa
Accusative	rapsav	rapsajt
Genitive	rapsa	rapsaj
Illative	rappsaj	rapsajda
Inessive	rapsan	rapsajn
Elative	rapsas	rapsajs
Comitative	rapsajn	rapsaj
Abessive	rapsadagá rapsadagi	rapsajdagá rapsajdagi
Essive	rappsan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person rappsam rappsama rappsama 2nd person rappsat rappsada rappsada 3rd person rappsas rappsaska rappsasa

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