lihppu

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish lippu.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlihːpuː/

Noun

lihppu

  1. patch, piece of material
  2. piece of paper

Inflection
Even u-stem, hpp-hp gradation
Nominative lihppu
Genitive lihpu
lihpọ
Singular Plural
Nominative lihppu lihput
Accusative lihpu lihpūid
Genitive lihpu
lihpọ		 lihpūid
Illative lihppui lihpūide
Locative lihpus lihpūin
Comitative lihpūin lihpūiguin
Essive lihppun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person lihppon lihppome lihppomet
2nd person lihppot lihppode lihppodet
3rd person lihppus lihppuska lihppuset

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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