sápmi

See also: Sápmi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sāmē.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsaːpmiː/

Noun

sápmi

  1. Sami person.
  2. Sami language.

Inflection
Even i-stem, pm-m gradation
Nominative sápmi
Genitive sámi
sámẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative sápmi sámit
Accusative sámi sámiid
Genitive sámi
sámẹ		 sámiid
Illative sápmái sámiide
Locative sámis sámiin
Comitative sámiin sámiiguin
Essive sápmin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sápmán sápmáme sápmámet
2nd person sápmát sápmáde sápmádet
3rd person sápmis sápmiska sápmiset

Derived terms

Proper noun

sápmi

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Sápmi

Inflection
Even i-stem, pm-m gradation
Nominative sápmi
Genitive sámi
sámẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative sápmi —
Accusative sámi —
Genitive sámi
sámẹ		 —
Illative sápmái —
Locative sámis —
Comitative sámiin —
Essive sápmin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sápmán sápmáme sápmámet
2nd person sápmát sápmáde sápmádet
3rd person sápmis sápmiska sápmiset

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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