Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From nisu (woman) +‎ olmmoš (person).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

nissonolmmoš

  1. woman

Inflection edit

Contracted o-stem, lbm-lmm gradation
Nominative nissonolmmoš
Genitive nissonolbmo
Singular Plural
Nominative nissonolmmoš nissonolbmot
Accusative nissonolbmo nissonolbmuid
Genitive nissonolbmo nissonolbmuid
Illative nissonolbmui nissonolbmuide
Locative nissonolbmos nissonolbmuin
Comitative nissonolbmuin nissonolbmuiguin
Essive nissonolmmožin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person nissonolbmon nissonolbmome nissonolbmomet
2nd person nissonolbmot nissonolbmode nissonolbmodet
3rd person nissonolbmos nissonolbmoska nissonolbmoset

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