rieban

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from a Finnic language, ultimately from Proto-Finnic *repäinen.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈrie̯pan/

Noun

rieban

1. red fox, Vulpes vulpes

   Maid dadjá rieban?

   What does the fox say?

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	rieban
Genitive	riebana
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rieban	riebanat
Accusative	riebana	riebaniid
Genitive	riebana	riebaniid
Illative	riebanii	riebaniidda
Locative	riebanis	riebaniin
Comitative	riebaniin	riebaniiguin
Essive	riebanin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person riebanan riebaneamẹ riebaneamẹt 2nd person riebanat riebaneattẹ riebaneattẹt 3rd person riebanis riebaneaskkạ riebaneasẹt

Derived terms

• dollarieban

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