neahpi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnea̯hpiː/

Noun

neahpi

  1. nibling, nephew or niece; the child of a male's sister or female's brother

Inflection
Even i-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative neahpi
Genitive neabi
neabẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative neahpi neabit
Accusative neabi nēbiid
Genitive neabi
neabẹ		 nēbiid
Illative neahpái nēbiide
Locative neabis nēbiin
Comitative nēbiin nēbiiguin
Essive neahpin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person neahpán neahpáme neahpámet
2nd person neahpát neahpáde neahpádet
3rd person neahpis neahpiska neahpiset

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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