Northern Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsuffaː/

Noun

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suffá

  1. sofa

Inflection

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Even á-stem, ff-f gradation
Nominative suffá
Genitive sufá
Singular Plural
Nominative suffá sufát
Accusative sufá sufáid
Genitive sufá sufáid
Illative suffái sufáide
Locative sufás sufáin
Comitative sufáin sufáiguin
Essive suffán
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person suffán suffáme suffámet
2nd person suffát suffáde suffádet
3rd person suffás suffáska suffáset

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