gearpmaš

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowing from Proto-Finnic *kärmeš (later *kärmeh, compare Finnish käärme).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkea̯rpmaʃ/

Noun

gearpmaš

1. snake

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	gearpmaš
Genitive	gearpmaša
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gearpmaš	gearpmašat
Accusative	gearpmaša	gearpmašiid
Genitive	gearpmaša	gearpmašiid
Illative	gearpmašii	gearpmašiidda
Locative	gearpmašis	gearpmašiin
Comitative	gearpmašiin	gearpmašiiguin
Essive	gearpmašin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gearpmašan gearpmašeamẹ gearpmašeamẹt 2nd person gearpmašat gearpmašeattẹ gearpmašeattẹt 3rd person gearpmašis gearpmašeaskkạ gearpmašeasẹt

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