rušpi

See also: ruspi and rùspi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈruʃːpiː/

Noun

rušpi

1. carrot

Inflection

Even i-stem, šp-špp gradation
Nominative	rušpi
Genitive	rušppi rušppẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rušpi	rušppit
Accusative	rušppi	rušppiid
Genitive	rušppi rušppẹ	rušppiid
Illative	rušpái	rušppiide
Locative	rušppis	rušppiin
Comitative	rušppiin	rušppiiguin
Essive	rušpin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person rušpán rušpáme rušpámet 2nd person rušpát rušpáde rušpádet 3rd person rušpis rušpiska rušpiset

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