sápmelaš

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Sápmi +‎ -laš.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsaˑpmelaʃ/

Noun

sápmẹlaš

1. Sami person

Inflection

Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation
Nominative	sápmẹlaš
Genitive	sápmẹlačča
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sápmẹlaš	sápmẹlaččat
Accusative	sápmẹlačča	sápmẹlaččaid
Genitive	sápmẹlačča	sápmẹlaččaid
Illative	sápmẹlažžii	sápmẹlaččaide
Locative	sápmẹlaččas	sápmẹlaččain
Comitative	sápmẹlaččain	sápmẹlaččaiguin
Essive	sápmẹlažžan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sápmẹlažžan sápmẹlažžame sápmẹlažžamet 2nd person sápmẹlažžat sápmẹlažžade sápmẹlažžadet 3rd person sápmẹlažžas sápmẹlažžaska sápmẹlažžaset

See also

• sámi

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