bispa

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish piispa.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpisːpa/

Noun

bispa

  1. bishop

Inflection
Even a-stem, sp-spp gradation
Nominative bispa
Genitive bisppa
Singular Plural
Nominative bispa bisppat
Accusative bisppa bisppaid
Genitive bisppa bisppaid
Illative bispii bisppaide
Locative bisppas bisppain
Comitative bisppain bisppaiguin
Essive bispan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person bispan bispame bispamet
2nd person bispat bispade bispadet
3rd person bispas bispaska bispaset

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
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