čáppat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaːppah(t)/

Adjective

čáppat (comparative čábbát or čábbásit, superlative čábbámus or čábbáseamos)

  1. pretty, beautiful

Inflection
Contracted a-stem, bb-pp gradation
Attributive čáppa
Nominative čáppat
Genitive čábbá
Attributive čáppa
Singular Plural
Nominative čáppat čábbát
Accusative čábbá čábbáid
Genitive čábbá čábbáid
Illative čábbái čábbáide
Locative čábbás čábbáin
Comitative čábbáin čábbáiguin
Essive čáppahin

Derived terms

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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