sorbmi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sormē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsorːpmiː/

Noun

sorbmi

1. death
2. mortal danger

Inflection

Even i-stem, rbm-rpm gradation
Nominative	sorbmi
Genitive	sorpmi sorpmẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sorbmi	sorpmit
Accusative	sorpmi	sorpmiid
Genitive	sorpmi sorpmẹ	sorpmiid
Illative	sorbmái	sorpmiide
Locative	sorpmis	sorpmiin
Comitative	sorpmiin	sorpmiiguin
Essive	sorbmin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sorbmán sorbmáme sorbmámet 2nd person sorbmát sorbmáde sorbmádet 3rd person sorbmis sorbmiska sorbmiset

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