rápmi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈraːpmiː/

Noun

rápmi

1. boasting, bragging
2. praise

Inflection

Even i-stem, pm-m gradation
Nominative	rápmi
Genitive	rámi rámẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rápmi	rámit
Accusative	rámi	rámiid
Genitive	rámi rámẹ	rámiid
Illative	rápmái	rámiide
Locative	rámis	rámiin
Comitative	rámiin	rámiiguin
Essive	rápmin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person rápmán rápmáme rápmámet 2nd person rápmát rápmáde rápmádet 3rd person rápmis rápmiska rápmiset

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