guoibmi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuojmē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

guoibmi

1. companion
2. partner
3. friend

Inflection

Even i-stem, ibm-imm gradation
Nominative	guoibmi
Genitive	guoimmi guoimmẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	guoibmi	guoimmit
Accusative	guoimmi	gūimmiid
Genitive	guoimmi guoimmẹ	gūimmiid
Illative	guoibmái	gūimmiide
Locative	guoimmis	gūimmiin
Comitative	gūimmiin	gūimmiiguin
Essive	guoibmin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person guoibmán guoibmáme guoibmámet 2nd person guoibmát guoibmáde guoibmádet 3rd person guoibmis guoibmiska guoibmiset

Derived terms

• -guin
• guoibmẹvuohta

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