saame

See also: Saame

Estonian

Verb

saame

1. first-person plural present indicative of saama

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Northern Sami sápmi, from Proto-Samic *sāmē; probably ultimately from the same origin as Häme and possibly Suomi (see it for more).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːme/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ːme̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑːme
• Syllabification^(key): saa‧me

Noun

saame

1. Sámi (any of the languages of the Sámi people)

Declension

Inflection of saame (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		saame	—
genitive		saamen	—
partitive		saamea	—
illative		saameen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		saame	—
accusative	nom.	saame	—
	gen.	saamen
genitive		saamen	—
partitive		saamea	—
inessive		saamessa	—
elative		saamesta	—
illative		saameen	—
adessive		saamella	—
ablative		saamelta	—
allative		saamelle	—
essive		saamena	—
translative		saameksi	—
abessive		saametta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of saame (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative saameni — accusative nom. saameni — gen. saameni genitive saameni — partitive saameani — inessive saamessani — elative saamestani — illative saameeni — adessive saamellani — ablative saameltani — allative saamelleni — essive saamenani — translative saamekseni — abessive saamettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative saamesi — accusative nom. saamesi — gen. saamesi genitive saamesi — partitive saameasi — inessive saamessasi — elative saamestasi — illative saameesi — adessive saamellasi — ablative saameltasi — allative saamellesi — essive saamenasi — translative saameksesi — abessive saamettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative saamemme — accusative nom. saamemme — gen. saamemme genitive saamemme — partitive saameamme — inessive saamessamme — elative saamestamme — illative saameemme — adessive saamellamme — ablative saameltamme — allative saamellemme — essive saamenamme — translative saameksemme — abessive saamettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative saamenne — accusative nom. saamenne — gen. saamenne genitive saamenne — partitive saameanne — inessive saamessanne — elative saamestanne — illative saameenne — adessive saamellanne — ablative saameltanne — allative saamellenne — essive saamenanne — translative saameksenne — abessive saamettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative saamensa — accusative nom. saamensa — gen. saamensa genitive saamensa — partitive saameaan saameansa — inessive saamessaan saamessansa — elative saamestaan saamestansa — illative saameensa — adessive saamellaan saamellansa — ablative saameltaan saameltansa — allative saamelleen saamellensa — essive saamenaan saamenansa — translative saamekseen saameksensa — abessive saamettaan saamettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• saamelaiskieli
• saamen kieli
• (deprecated) lappi, lapin kieli

Derived terms

• saamelainen

 

compounds

• akkalansaame
• eteläsaame
• inarinsaame
• kainuunsaame
• kantasaame
• keminsaame
• kildininsaame
• kiltinänsaame
• koltansaame
• kolttasaame
• luulajansaame
• merisaame
• piitimensaame
• pohjoissaame
• saamenkielinen
• saamenpuku
• turjansaame
• uumajansaame

 

Related terms

• saamelainen

Further reading

• “saame”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• asema, samea