gumpe
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- kumpu (Walser)
Etymology
From Middle High German gumpen, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gempaną, *gembaną (“to hop, skip, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰemb- (“to spring, hop, jump”). Cognate with dialectal German gampen, English jump.
Verb
gumpe
- to leap, jump
Derived terms
- Heugumper
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *(s)kumppā, cognate with Inari Sami kumppi.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkumːpe/
Noun
gumpe
- wolf
Inflection
| Even e-stem, mp-mpp gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | gumpe | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | gumppe | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | gumpe | gumppet | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | gumppe | gumppiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | gumppe | gumppiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | gumpii | gumppiide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | gumppes | gumppiin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | gumppiin | gumppiiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | gumpen | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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