gihpu

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish kipu.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkihpuː/

Noun

gihpu

  1. severe pain

Inflection

Even u-stem, hp-b gradation
Nominative gihpu
Genitive gibu
gibọ
Singular Plural
Nominative gihpu gibut
Accusative gibu gibūid
Genitive gibu
gibọ 		gibūid
Illative gihpui gibūide
Locative gibus gibūin
Comitative gibūin gibūiguin
Essive gihpun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gihpon gihpome gihpomet
2nd person gihpot gihpode gihpodet
3rd person gihpus gihpuska gihpuset

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
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