Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *sāppānjë.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsaːhpaːn/

Noun

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sáhpán

  1. mouse

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative sáhpán
Genitive sáhpána
Singular Plural
Nominative sáhpán sáhpánat
Accusative sáhpána sáhpániid
Genitive sáhpána sáhpániid
Illative sáhpánii sáhpániidda
Locative sáhpánis sáhpániin
Comitative sáhpániin sáhpániiguin
Essive sáhpánin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sáhpánan sáhpáneamẹ sáhpáneamẹt
2nd person sáhpánat sáhpáneattẹ sáhpáneattẹt
3rd person sáhpánis sáhpáneaskkạ sáhpáneasẹt

Alternative forms

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Further reading

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  • 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