tjibbe

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čimpē.

Noun

tjibbe

1. shank (of a human)

Inflection

Even e-stem, bb-pp gradation
Nominative	tjibbe
Genitive	tjippe
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tjibbe	tjippe
Accusative	tjippev	tjippijt
Genitive	tjippe	tjippij
Illative	tjibbáj	tjippijda
Inessive	tjippen	tjippijn
Elative	tjippes	tjippijs
Comitative	tjippijn	tjippij
Abessive	tjippedagá tjippedagi	tjippijdagá tjippijdagi
Essive	tjibben
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person tjibbám tjibbáma tjibbáma 2nd person tjibbát tjibbáda tjibbáda 3rd person tjibbes tjibbeska tjibbesa

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 *čimpē.

Noun

tjibˈbe

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Inflection

Even e-stem, bˈb-bb gradation
Nominative	tjibˈbe
Genitive	tjibbe
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tjibˈbe	tjibbe
Accusative	tjibbev	tjibbijt
Genitive	tjibbe	tjibbij
Illative	tjibˈbáj	tjibbijda
Inessive	tjibben	tjibbijn
Elative	tjibbest tjibbes	tjibbijst tjibbijs
Comitative	tjibbijn	tjibbij
Essive	tjibˈben

Further reading

• tjibbe 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