Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *ńālmē.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

njálbmi

  1. mouth

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, lbm-lmm gradation
Nominative njálbmi
Genitive njálmmi
njálmmẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative njálbmi njálmmit
Accusative njálmmi njálmmiid
Genitive njálmmi
njálmmẹ
njálmmiid
Illative njálbmái njálmmiide
Locative njálmmis njálmmiin
Comitative njálmmiin njálmmiiguin
Essive njálbmin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person njálbmán njálbmáme njálbmámet
2nd person njálbmát njálbmáde njálbmádet
3rd person njálbmis njálbmiska njálbmiset

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