neahpi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnea̯hpiː/

Noun

neahpi

1. nibling, nephew or niece; the child of a male's sister or female's brother

Inflection

Even i-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative	neahpi
Genitive	neabi neabẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	neahpi	neabit
Accusative	neabi	nēbiid
Genitive	neabi neabẹ	nēbiid
Illative	neahpái	nēbiide
Locative	neabis	nēbiin
Comitative	nēbiin	nēbiiguin
Essive	neahpin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person neahpán neahpáme neahpámet 2nd person neahpát neahpáde neahpádet 3rd person neahpis neahpiska neahpiset

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