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, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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