šušmi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuʃːmiː/

Noun

šušmi

1. heel

Inflection

Even i-stem, šm-šmm gradation
Nominative	šušmi
Genitive	šušmmi šušmmẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	šušmi	šušmmit
Accusative	šušmmi	šušmmiid
Genitive	šušmmi šušmmẹ	šušmmiid
Illative	šušmái	šušmmiide
Locative	šušmmis	šušmmiin
Comitative	šušmmiin	šušmmiiguin
Essive	šušmin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person šušmán šušmáme šušmámet 2nd person šušmát šušmáde šušmádet 3rd person šušmis šušmiska šušmiset

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