Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *ëlmē.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈalːpmiː/

Noun edit

albmi

  1. sky
  2. heaven

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, lbm-lmm gradation
Nominative albmi
Genitive almmi
almmẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative albmi almmit
Accusative almmi almmiid
Genitive almmi
almmẹ
almmiid
Illative albmái almmiide
Locative almmis almmiin
Comitative almmiin almmiiguin
Essive albmin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person albmán albmáme albmámet
2nd person albmát albmáde albmádet
3rd person albmis albmiska albmiset

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • 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