Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *somō.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsopmuː/

Noun

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sopmu

  1. haze, thin fog

Inflection

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Even u-stem, pm-m gradation
Nominative sopmu
Genitive somu
somọ
Singular Plural
Nominative sopmu somut
Accusative somu somūid
Genitive somu
somọ
somūid
Illative sopmui somūide
Locative somus somūin
Comitative somūin somūiguin
Essive sopmun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sopmon sopmome sopmomet
2nd person sopmot sopmode sopmodet
3rd person sopmus sopmuska sopmuset

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