gumpe

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German gumpen, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gempaną, *gembaną (“to hop, skip, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰemb- (“to spring, hop, jump”). Cognate with dialectal German gampen, English jump.

Verb

gumpe

  1. to leap, jump

Derived terms

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *(s)kumppā, cognate with Inari Sami kumppi.

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

Noun

gumpe

  1. wolf

Inflection
Even e-stem, mp-mpp gradation
Nominative gumpe
Genitive gumppe
Singular Plural
Nominative gumpe gumppet
Accusative gumppe gumppiid
Genitive gumppe gumppiid
Illative gumpii gumppiide
Locative gumppes gumppiin
Comitative gumppiin gumppiiguin
Essive gumpen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gumpen gumpeme gumpemet
2nd person gumpet gumpede gumpedet
3rd person gumpes gumpeska gumpeset

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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