sáibu

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish saippua (“soap”), which itself from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ (“soap”).

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːjːpuː/

Noun

sáibu

soap

Inflection

Even u-stem, ib-ibb gradation

Nominative

sáibu

Genitive

sáibbu
sáibbọ

Singular

Plural

Nominative

sáibu

sáibbut

Accusative

sáibbu

sáibbūid

Genitive

sáibbu
sáibbọ

sáibbūid

Illative

sáibui

sáibbūide

Locative

sáibbus

sáibbūin

Comitative

sáibbūin

sáibbūiguin

Essive

sáibun

Possessive forms
	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	sáibon	sáibome	sáibomet
2nd person	sáibot	sáibode	sáibodet
3rd person	sáibus	sáibuska	sáibuset

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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