niibi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nijpē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnijːpiː/

Noun

niibi

1. knife

Inflection

Even i-stem, ib-ibb gradation
Nominative	niibi
Genitive	niibbi niibbẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	niibi	niibbit
Accusative	niibbi	niibbiid
Genitive	niibbi niibbẹ	niibbiid
Illative	niibái	niibbiide
Locative	niibbis	niibbiin
Comitative	niibbiin	niibbiiguin
Essive	niibin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person niibán niibáme niibámet 2nd person niibát niibáde niibádet 3rd person niibis niibiska niibiset

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