Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *δëmē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtapmiː/

Noun

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dapmi

  1. glue

Inflection

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Even i-stem, pm-m gradation
Nominative dapmi
Genitive dami
damẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative dapmi damit
Accusative dami damiid
Genitive dami
damẹ
damiid
Illative dapmái damiide
Locative damis damiin
Comitative damiin damiiguin
Essive dapmin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dapmán dapmáme dapmámet
2nd person dapmát dapmáde dapmádet
3rd person dapmis dapmiska dapmiset

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