Southern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *viepsēs.

Noun

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veapsa

  1. wasp

Inflection

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Even a-stem
Nominative veapsa
Genitive veapsan
Singular Plural
Nominative veapsa veapsah
Accusative veapsam veapside
Genitive veapsan veapsaj
Illative veapsese
veapsase
veapside
Inessive veapsesne veapsine
Elative veapseste veapsijste
Comitative veapsine veapsajgujmie
Essive veapsine

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