Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *supē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsuhpiː/

Noun

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suhpi

  1. aspen

Inflection

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Even i-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative suhpi
Genitive subi
subẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative suhpi subit
Accusative subi subiid
Genitive subi
subẹ
subiid
Illative suhpái subiide
Locative subis subiin
Comitative subiin subiiguin
Essive suhpin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person suhpán suhpáme suhpámet
2nd person suhpát suhpáde suhpádet
3rd person suhpis suhpiska suhpiset

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