Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čuomë.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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čuopma

  1. fish skin

Inflection

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Even a-stem, pm-m gradation
Nominative čuopma
Genitive čuoma
Singular Plural
Nominative čuopma čuomat
Accusative čuoma čuomaid
Genitive čuoma čuomaid
Illative čūpmii čuomaide
Locative čuomas čuomain
Comitative čuomain čuomaiguin
Essive čuopman
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čuopman čuopmame čuopmamet
2nd person čuopmat čuopmade čuopmadet
3rd person čuopmas čuopmaska čuopmaset
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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