seaibi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *seajpē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsea̯jːpiː/

Noun

seaibi

1. tail

Inflection

Even i-stem, ib-ibb gradation
Nominative	seaibi
Genitive	seaibbi seaibbẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	seaibi	seaibbit
Accusative	seaibbi	sēibbiid
Genitive	seaibbi seaibbẹ	sēibbiid
Illative	seaibái	sēibbiide
Locative	seaibbis	sēibbiin
Comitative	sēibbiin	sēibbiiguin
Essive	seaibin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person seaibán seaibáme seaibámet 2nd person seaibát seaibáde seaibádet 3rd person seaibis seaibiska seaibiset

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