čalmmeheapme

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čëlmētteamē. Equivalent to čalbmi +‎ -heapme.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃalmmeˌhe̯apme/

Adjective

čalmmẹheapmẹ (comparative čalmmẹhit, superlative čalmmẹhamọs or čalmmẹheamọs)

1. blind

Inflection

Even e-stem, pm-m gradation
Attributive	čalmmehis
Nominative	čalmmeheapme
Genitive	čalmmeheame
Attributive	čalmmehis
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čalmmeheapme	čalmmeheamet
Accusative	čalmmeheame	čalmmeheamiid
Genitive	čalmmeheame	čalmmeheamiid
Illative	čalmmeheapmii	čalmmeheamiide
Locative	čalmmeheames	čalmmeheamiin
Comitative	čalmmeheamiin	čalmmeheamiiguin
Essive	čalmmeheapmen

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