gåhpe

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kopē.

Noun

gåhpe

1. depression in the ground

Inflection

Even e-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative	gåhpe
Genitive	gåbe
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gåhpe	gåbe
Accusative	gåbev	gåbijt
Genitive	gåbe	gåbij
Illative	gåhpå̄j	gåbijda
Inessive	gåben	gåbijn
Elative	gåbes	gåbijs
Comitative	gåbijn	gåbij
Abessive	gåbedagá gåbedagi	gåbijdagá gåbijdagi
Essive	gåhpen
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gåhpå̄m gåhpå̄ma gåhpå̄ma 2nd person gåhpå̄t gåhpå̄da gåhpå̄da 3rd person gåhpes gåhpeska gåhpesa

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

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kopē.

Noun

gåhpe

1. depression in the ground

Inflection

Even e-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative	gåhpe
Genitive	gåbe
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gåhpe	gåbe
Accusative	gåbev	gåbijt
Genitive	gåbe	gåbij
Illative	gåhpáj	gåbijda
Inessive	gåben	gåbijn
Elative	gåbest gåbes	gåbijst gåbijs
Comitative	gåbijn	gåbij
Essive	gåhpen

Further reading

• gåhpe in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland