gárbbis

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish karvas, from Proto-Finnic *karbas. Related to Inari Sami käärbis.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkaːrːppiːs/

Noun

gárbbis

  1. dingy, small boat

Inflection

Contracted i-stem, rb-rbb gradation
Nominative gárbbis
Genitive gárbá
Singular Plural
Nominative gárbbis gárbát
Accusative gárbá gárbáid
Genitive gárbá gárbáid
Illative gárbái gárbáide
Locative gárbás gárbáin
Comitative gárbáin gárbáiguin
Essive gárbbisin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gárbán gárbáme gárbámet
2nd person gárbát gárbáde gárbádet
3rd person gárbás gárbáska gárbáset

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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