rihpa

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ripë.

Noun

rihpa

1. splinter
2. rubbish, junk

Inflection

Even a-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative	rihpa
Genitive	ribá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rihpa	ribá
Accusative	ribáv	ribájt
Genitive	ribá	ribáj
Illative	rihpaj	ribájda
Inessive	ribán	ribájn
Elative	ribás	ribájs
Comitative	ribájn	ribáj
Abessive	ribádagá ribádagi	ribájdagá ribájdagi
Essive	rihpan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person rihpam rihpama rihpama 2nd person rihpat rihpada rihpada 3rd person rihpas rihpaska rihpasa

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

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ripë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈrihpa/

Noun

rihpa

1. rubbish, garbage

Inflection

Even a-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative	rihpa
Genitive	riba
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rihpa	ribat
Accusative	riba	ribaid
Genitive	riba	ribaid
Illative	rihpii	ribaide
Locative	ribas	ribain
Comitative	ribain	ribaiguin
Essive	rihpan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person rihpan rihpame rihpamet 2nd person rihpat rihpade rihpadet 3rd person rihpas rihpaska rihpaset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ripë.

Noun

rihpa

1. splinter
2. rubbish, junk

Inflection

Even a-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative	rihpa
Genitive	riba
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rihpa	riba
Accusative	ribav	ribajt
Genitive	riba	ribaj
Illative	rihpaj	ribajda
Inessive	riban	ribajn
Elative	ribast ribas	ribajst ribajs
Comitative	ribajn	ribaj
Essive	rihpan

Further reading

• rihpa in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland