nijbbe

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Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *nijpē.

Noun

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nijbbe

  1. knife

Inflection

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Even e-stem, jbb-jb gradation
Nominative nijbbe
Genitive nijbe
Singular Plural
Nominative nijbbe nijbe
Accusative nijbev nijbijt
Genitive nijbe nijbij
Illative nijbbáj nijbijda
Inessive nijben nijbijn
Elative nijbes nijbijs
Comitative nijbijn nijbij
Abessive nijbedagá
nijbedagi
nijbijdagá
nijbijdagi
Essive nijbben
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person nijbbám nijbbáma nijbbáma
2nd person nijbbát nijbbáda nijbbáda
3rd person nijbbes nijbbeska nijbbesa

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