vielppis

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vielppēs, a loan from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vielppis

  1. puppy (young dog)

Inflection

Contracted i-stem, lp-lpp gradation
Nominative vielppis
Genitive vielpá
Singular Plural
Nominative vielppis vielpát
Accusative vielpá vielpáid
Genitive vielpá vielpáid
Illative vielpái vielpáide
Locative vielpás vielpáin
Comitative vielpáin vielpáiguin
Essive vielppisin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person vielpán vielpáme vielpámet
2nd person vielpát vielpáde vielpádet
3rd person vielpás vielpáska vielpáset

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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