Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čëlmës.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃalmmas/

Noun

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čalmmas

  1. reticulum (second stomach)

Inflection

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Odd, lbm-lmm gradation
Nominative čalmmas
Genitive čalbmasa
Singular Plural
Nominative čalmmas čalbmasat
Accusative čalbmasa čalbmasiid
Genitive čalbmasa čalbmasiid
Illative čalbmasii čalbmasiidda
Locative čalbmasis čalbmasiin
Comitative čalbmasiin čalbmasiiguin
Essive čalmmasin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čalbmasan čalbmaseamẹ čalbmaseamẹt
2nd person čalbmasat čalbmaseattẹ čalbmaseattẹt
3rd person čalbmasis čalbmaseaskkạ čalbmaseasẹt

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