Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *sāppē.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

sáhppi

  1. juice (of fruits, etc)
  2. gall

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, hpp-hp gradation
Nominative sáhppi
Genitive sáhpi
sáhpẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative sáhppi sáhpit
Accusative sáhpi sáhpiid
Genitive sáhpi
sáhpẹ
sáhpiid
Illative sáhppái sáhpiide
Locative sáhpis sáhpiin
Comitative sáhpiin sáhpiiguin
Essive sáhppin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sáhppán sáhppáme sáhppámet
2nd person sáhppát sáhppáde sáhppádet
3rd person sáhppis sáhppiska sáhppiset

Further reading edit

  • 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