deabbu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *teampō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtea̯bːbuː/

Noun

deabbu

1. kelp, seaweed

Inflection

Even u-stem, bb-pp gradation
Nominative	deabbu
Genitive	deappu deappọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	deabbu	deapput
Accusative	deappu	deappūid
Genitive	deappu deappọ	deappūid
Illative	dēbbui	deappūide
Locative	deappus	deappūin
Comitative	deappūin	deappūiguin
Essive	deabbun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dēbbon dēbbome dēbbomet 2nd person dēbbot dēbbode dēbbodet 3rd person deabbus deabbuska deabbuset

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