Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *imē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈipmiː/

Noun

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ipmi

  1. wife of one's uncle

Inflection

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Even i-stem, pm-m gradation
Nominative ipmi
Genitive imi
imẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative ipmi imit
Accusative imi imiid
Genitive imi
imẹ
imiid
Illative ipmái imiide
Locative imis imiin
Comitative imiin imiiguin
Essive ipmin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ipmán ipmáme ipmámet
2nd person ipmát ipmáde ipmádet
3rd person ipmis ipmiska ipmiset

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