gávpi

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish kauppa.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːvːpiː/

Noun

gávpi

1. store, shop (place of business)
2. trade
3. purchase
4. deal

Inflection

Even i-stem, vp-vpp gradation
Nominative	gávpi
Genitive	gávppi gávppẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gávpi	gávppit
Accusative	gávppi	gávppiid
Genitive	gávppi gávppẹ	gávppiid
Illative	gávpái	gávppiide
Locative	gávppis	gávppiin
Comitative	gávppiin	gávppiiguin
Essive	gávpin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gávpán gávpáme gávpámet 2nd person gávpát gávpáde gávpádet 3rd person gávpis gávpiska gávpiset

Derived terms

• gávppašit

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland