sáibu

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish saippua (“soap”), which itself from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ (“soap”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːjːpuː/

Noun

sáibu

1. soap

Inflection

Even u-stem, ib-ibb gradation
Nominative	sáibu
Genitive	sáibbu sáibbọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sáibu	sáibbut
Accusative	sáibbu	sáibbūid
Genitive	sáibbu sáibbọ	sáibbūid
Illative	sáibui	sáibbūide
Locative	sáibbus	sáibbūin
Comitative	sáibbūin	sáibbūiguin
Essive	sáibun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sáibon sáibome sáibomet 2nd person sáibot sáibode sáibodet 3rd person sáibus sáibuska sáibuset

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