Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *sāmē.

Noun

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sábme

  1. Sami person
  2. Sami language

Inflection

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Even e-stem, bm-m gradation
Nominative sábme
Genitive sáme
Singular Plural
Nominative sábme sáme
Accusative sámev sámijt
Genitive sáme sámij
Illative sábmáj sámijda
Inessive sámen sámijn
Elative sámes sámijs
Comitative sámijn sámij
Abessive sámedagá
sámedagi
sámijdagá
sámijdagi
Essive sábmen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sábmám sábmáma sábmáma
2nd person sábmát sábmáda sábmáda
3rd person sábmes sábmeska sábmesa

Further reading

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  • 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

Pite Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *sāmē.

Noun

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sábme

  1. Sami person

Inflection

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Even e-stem, bm-m gradation
Nominative sábme
Genitive sáme
Singular Plural
Nominative sábme sáme
Accusative sámev sämijt
Genitive sáme sämij
Illative sábmáj sämijda
Inessive sámen sämijn
Elative sámest
sámes
sämijst
sämijs
Comitative sämijn sämij
Essive sábmen

Further reading

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  • sábme in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (Pite Sami word list)
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland