olmmái

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ëlmāj.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈolmmaːj/

Noun

olmmái

1. man
2. companion

Inflection

Contracted á-stem, lbm-lmm gradation
Nominative	olmmái
Genitive	olbmá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	olmmái	olbmát
Accusative	olbmá	olbmáid
Genitive	olbmá	olbmáid
Illative	olbmái	olbmáide
Locative	olbmás	olbmáin
Comitative	olbmáin	olbmáiguin
Essive	olmmájin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person olbmán olbmáme olbmámet 2nd person olbmát olbmáde olbmádet 3rd person olbmás olbmáska olbmáset

Derived terms

• buollinolmmái

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