Sápmi

See also: sápmi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From sápmi. Doublet of Suopma.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːpmiː/

Proper noun

Sápmi

1. The lands of the Sami within the national state borders of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.

Inflection

Even i-stem, pm-m gradation
Nominative	Sápmi
Genitive	Sámi Sámẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Sápmi	—
Accusative	Sámi	—
Genitive	Sámi Sámẹ	—
Illative	Sápmái	—
Locative	Sámis	—
Comitative	Sámiin	—
Essive	Sápmin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person Sápmán Sápmáme Sápmámet 2nd person Sápmát Sápmáde Sápmádet 3rd person Sápmis Sápmiska Sápmiset

Derived terms

• sápmelaš

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