Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swedish midsommar.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmiht͡saˌmaːrah(t)/

Noun

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mihcamárat

  1. midsummer

Inflection

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Even a-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative mihcamárat
Genitive mihcamáraid
Singular Plural
Nominative mihcamárat
Accusative mihcamáraid
Genitive mihcamáraid
Illative mihcamáraide
Locative mihcamárain
Comitative mihcamáraiguin
Essive mihcamárran
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person mihcamárran mihcamárrame mihcamárramet
2nd person mihcamárrat mihcamárrade mihcamárradet
3rd person mihcamárras mihcamárraska mihcamárraset

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