seaibi

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *seajpē.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsea̯jːpiː/

Noun[edit]

seaibi

  1. tail

Inflection[edit]

Even i-stem, ib-ibb gradation
Nominative seaibi
Genitive seaibbi
seaibbẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative seaibi seaibbit
Accusative seaibbi sēibbiid
Genitive seaibbi
seaibbẹ
sēibbiid
Illative seaibái sēibbiide
Locative seaibbis sēibbiin
Comitative sēibbiin sēibbiiguin
Essive seaibin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person seaibán seaibáme seaibámet
2nd person seaibát seaibáde seaibádet
3rd person seaibis seaibiska seaibiset

Further reading[edit]

  • 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