cuoppu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *cuompōj.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡suo̯ppuː/

Noun

cuoppu

1. frog

Inflection

Contracted u-stem, bb-pp gradation
Nominative	cuoppu
Genitive	cūbbo
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cuoppu	cūbbot
Accusative	cūbbo	cūbbuid
Genitive	cūbbo	cūbbuid
Illative	cūbbui	cūbbuide
Locative	cūbbos	cūbbuin
Comitative	cūbbuin	cūbbuiguin
Essive	cuoppun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person cūbbon cūbbome cūbbomet 2nd person cūbbot cūbbode cūbbodet 3rd person cūbbos cūbboska cūbboset

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