bavssa

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pëŋsëm.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpavssa/

Noun

bavssa

1. lip

Inflection

Odd, ks-vss gradation
Nominative	bavssa
Genitive	baksama
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bavssa	baksamat
Accusative	baksama	baksamiid
Genitive	baksama	baksamiid
Illative	baksamii	baksamiidda
Locative	baksamis	baksamiin
Comitative	baksamiin	baksamiiguin
Essive	bavssan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person baksaman baksameamẹ baksameamẹt 2nd person baksamat baksameattẹ baksameattẹt 3rd person baksamis baksameaskkạ baksameasẹt

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