šalbmi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *šëlmē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

šalbmi

  1. eye of a needle
  2. eye of an axe

Inflection

Even i-stem, lbm-lmm gradation
Nominative šalbmi
Genitive šalmmi
šalmmẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative šalbmi šalmmit
Accusative šalmmi šalmmiid
Genitive šalmmi
šalmmẹ 		šalmmiid
Illative šalbmái šalmmiide
Locative šalmmis šalmmiin
Comitative šalmmiin šalmmiiguin
Essive šalbmin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person šalbmán šalbmáme šalbmámet
2nd person šalbmát šalbmáde šalbmádet
3rd person šalbmis šalbmiska šalbmiset

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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