giehpa

giehpa

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kiepë.

Noun

giehpa

1. soot

Inflection

Even a-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative	giehpa
Genitive	gieba
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	giehpa	gieba
Accusative	giebav	giebajt
Genitive	gieba	giebaj
Illative	giehpaj	giebajda
Inessive	gieban	giebajn
Elative	giebas	giebajs
Comitative	giebajn	giebaj
Abessive	giebadagá giebadagi	giebajdagá giebajdagi
Essive	giehpan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person giehpam giehpama giehpama 2nd person giehpat giehpada giehpada 3rd person giehpas giehpaska giehpasa

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kiepë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkie̯hpa/

Noun

giehpa

1. soot

Inflection

Even a-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative	giehpa
Genitive	gieba
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	giehpa	giebat
Accusative	gieba	giebaid
Genitive	gieba	giebaid
Illative	gīhpii	giebaide
Locative	giebas	giebain
Comitative	giebain	giebaiguin
Essive	giehpan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person giehpan giehpame giehpamet 2nd person giehpat giehpade giehpadet 3rd person giehpas giehpaska giehpaset

Related terms

• giektat

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland