lihppu

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish lippu.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈlihːpuː/

Noun

lihppu

1. patch, piece of material
2. piece of paper

Inflection

Even u-stem, hpp-hp gradation
Nominative	lihppu
Genitive	lihpu lihpọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lihppu	lihput
Accusative	lihpu	lihpūid
Genitive	lihpu lihpọ	lihpūid
Illative	lihppui	lihpūide
Locative	lihpus	lihpūin
Comitative	lihpūin	lihpūiguin
Essive	lihppun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person lihppon lihppome lihppomet 2nd person lihppot lihppode lihppodet 3rd person lihppus lihppuska lihppuset

Derived terms

• gávppašanlihppu

Further reading

• 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