Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čëlmē, from Proto-Uralic *śilmä.

Noun

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tjalmme

  1. eye

Inflection

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Even e-stem, lmm-lm gradation
Nominative tjalmme
Genitive tjalme
Singular Plural
Nominative tjalmme tjalme
Accusative tjalmev tjalmijt
Genitive tjalme tjalmij
Illative tjalmmáj tjalmijda
Inessive tjalmen tjalmijn
Elative tjalmes tjalmijs
Comitative tjalmijn tjalmij
Abessive tjalmedagá
tjalmedagi
tjalmijdagá
tjalmijdagi
Essive tjalmmen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person tjalmmám tjalmmáma tjalmmáma
2nd person tjalmmát tjalmmáda tjalmmáda
3rd person tjalmmes tjalmmeska tjalmmesa

Further reading

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  • 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