Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čimë.

Noun

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tjibma

  1. bend, curvature

Inflection

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Even a-stem, bm-m gradation
Nominative tjibma
Genitive tjimá
Singular Plural
Nominative tjibma tjimá
Accusative tjimáv tjimájt
Genitive tjimá tjimáj
Illative tjibmaj tjimájda
Inessive tjimán tjimájn
Elative tjimás tjimájs
Comitative tjimájn tjimáj
Abessive tjimádagá
tjimádagi
tjimájdagá
tjimájdagi
Essive tjibman
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person tjibmam tjibmama tjibmama
2nd person tjibmat tjibmada tjibmada
3rd person tjibmas tjibmaska tjibmasa

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