albme

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ëlmē.

Noun

albme

1. sky
2. heaven

Inflection

Even e-stem, lbm-lm gradation
Nominative	albme
Genitive	alme
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	albme	alme
Accusative	almev	ilmijt
Genitive	alme	ilmij
Illative	albmáj	ilmijda
Inessive	almen	ilmijn
Elative	almest almes	ilmijst ilmijs
Comitative	ilmijn	ilmij
Essive	albmen

Further reading

• albme in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• 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