gobmi

Northern Sami

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Finnish kumma.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkobːmiː/

Noun

gobmi

1. ghost

Inflection

Even i-stem, bm-pm gradation
Nominative	gobmi
Genitive	gopmi gopmẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gobmi	gopmit
Accusative	gopmi	gopmiid
Genitive	gopmi gopmẹ	gopmiid
Illative	gobmái	gopmiide
Locative	gopmis	gopmiin
Comitative	gopmiin	gopmiiguin
Essive	gobmin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gobmán gobmáme gobmámet 2nd person gobmát gobmáde gobmádet 3rd person gobmis gobmiska gobmiset

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