Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *olmōńčë.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈolmmoʃ/

Noun edit

olmmoš

  1. person, human

Inflection edit

Contracted o-stem, lbm-lmm gradation
Nominative olmmoš
Genitive olbmo
Singular Plural
Nominative olmmoš olbmot
Accusative olbmo olbmuid
Genitive olbmo olbmuid
Illative olbmui olbmuide
Locative olbmos olbmuin
Comitative olbmuin olbmuiguin
Essive olmmožin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person olbmon olbmome olbmomet
2nd person olbmot olbmode olbmodet
3rd person olbmos olbmoska olbmoset

Derived terms edit

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