soabbi

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *soampē.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

soabbi

  1. staff, stick

Inflection[edit]

Even i-stem, bb-pp gradation
Nominative soabbi
Genitive soappi
soappẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative soabbi soappit
Accusative soappi sōppiid
Genitive soappi
soappẹ
sōppiid
Illative soabbái sōppiide
Locative soappis sōppiin
Comitative sōppiin sōppiiguin
Essive soabbin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person soabbán soabbáme soabbámet
2nd person soabbát soabbáde soabbádet
3rd person soabbis soabbiska soabbiset

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