ruibi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈrujːpiː/

Noun

ruibi

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Inflection

Even i-stem, ib-ibb gradation
Nominative	ruibi
Genitive	ruibbi ruibbẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ruibi	ruibbit
Accusative	ruibbi	ruibbiid
Genitive	ruibbi ruibbẹ	ruibbiid
Illative	ruibái	ruibbiide
Locative	ruibbis	ruibbiin
Comitative	ruibbiin	ruibbiiguin
Essive	ruibin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ruibán ruibáme ruibámet 2nd person ruibát ruibáde ruibádet 3rd person ruibis ruibiska ruibiset

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