soabbi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *soampē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

soabbi

1. staff, stick

Inflection

Even i-stem, bb-pp gradation
Nominative	soabbi
Genitive	soappi soappẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	soabbi	soappit
Accusative	soappi	sōppiid
Genitive	soappi soappẹ	sōppiid
Illative	soabbái	sōppiide
Locative	soappis	sōppiin
Comitative	sōppiin	sōppiiguin
Essive	soabbin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person soabbán soabbáme soabbámet 2nd person soabbát soabbáde soabbádet 3rd person soabbis soabbiska soabbiset

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