Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *kuomē.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkuo̯pmiː/

Noun edit

guopmi

  1. palate, roof of the mouth

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, pm-m gradation
Nominative guopmi
Genitive guomi
guomẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative guopmi guomit
Accusative guomi gūmiid
Genitive guomi
guomẹ
gūmiid
Illative guopmái gūmiide
Locative guomis gūmiin
Comitative gūmiin gūmiiguin
Essive guopmin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person guopmán guopmáme guopmámet
2nd person guopmát guopmáde guopmádet
3rd person guopmis guopmiska guopmiset

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