čáihmi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaːjːm̥iː/

Noun

čáihmi

  1. freckle

Inflection

Even i-stem, ihm-ihmm gradation
Nominative čáihmi
Genitive čáihmmi
čáihmmẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative čáihmi čáihmmit
Accusative čáihmmi čáihmmiid
Genitive čáihmmi
čáihmmẹ 		čáihmmiid
Illative čáihmái čáihmmiide
Locative čáihmmis čáihmmiin
Comitative čáihmmiin čáihmmiiguin
Essive čáihmin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čáihmán čáihmáme čáihmámet
2nd person čáihmát čáihmáde čáihmádet
3rd person čáihmis čáihmiska čáihmiset

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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