cuoppu

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *cuompōj.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

cuoppu

  1. frog

Inflection[edit]

Contracted u-stem, bb-pp gradation
Nominative cuoppu
Genitive cūbbo
Singular Plural
Nominative cuoppu cūbbot
Accusative cūbbo cūbbuid
Genitive cūbbo cūbbuid
Illative cūbbui cūbbuide
Locative cūbbos cūbbuin
Comitative cūbbuin cūbbuiguin
Essive cuoppun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person cūbbon cūbbome cūbbomet
2nd person cūbbot cūbbode cūbbodet
3rd person cūbbos cūbboska cūbboset

Further reading[edit]

  • 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