nïmme

Southern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nëmë, from Proto-Uralic *nime.

Noun

nïmme

1. name

Inflection

Even e-stem
Nominative	nïmme
Genitive	nïmmen
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nïmme	nïmmh
Accusative	nïmmem	nïmmide
Genitive	nïmmen	nïmmi
Illative	nïmmese	nïmmide
Inessive	nïmmesne	nïmmine
Elative	nïmmeste	nïmmijste
Comitative	nïmmine	nïmmigujmie
Essive	nïmmine

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