tjelmie

Southern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čëlmē, from Proto-Uralic *śilmä.

Noun

tjelmie

1. eye

Inflection

Even ie-stem
Nominative	tjelmie
Genitive	tjelmien
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tjelmie	tjelmieh
Accusative	tjelmiem	tjelmide
Genitive	tjelmien	tjelmiej tjelmi
Illative	tjalman	tjelmide
Inessive	tjelmesne	tjelmine
Elative	tjelmeste	tjelmijste
Comitative	tjelmine	tjelmiejgujmie tjelmigujmie
Essive	tjelmine

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