oabbá

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oampā.

Noun

oabbá

1. sister

Inflection

Even á-stem, bb-pp gradation
Nominative	oabbá
Genitive	oappá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oabbá	oappá
Accusative	oappáv	oappájt
Genitive	oappá	oappáj
Illative	oabbáj	oappájda
Inessive	oappán	oappájn
Elative	oappás	oappájs
Comitative	oappájn	oappáj
Abessive	oappádagá oappádagi	oappájdagá oappájdagi
Essive	oabbán
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person oabbám oabbáma oabbáma 2nd person oabbát oabbáda oabbáda 3rd person oabbás oabbáska oabbása

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

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oampā.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈoɑ̯bːbaː/

Noun

oabbá

1. sister

Inflection

Even á-stem, bb-pp gradation
Nominative	oabbá
Genitive	oappá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oabbá	oappát
Accusative	oappá	oappáid
Genitive	oappá	oappáid
Illative	oabbái	oappáide
Locative	oappás	oappáin
Comitative	oappáin	oappáiguin
Essive	oabbán
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person oabbán oabbáme oabbámet 2nd person oabbát oabbáde oabbádet 3rd person oabbás oabbáska oabbáset

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland