Possibly borrowed from Proto-Samic *nāmē (whence Northern Sami námmi (“thin skin covering growing reindeer antlers”)). Cognate to Karelian noama (“face, mask”).
naama
| Inflection of naama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | naama | naamat | |
| genitive | naaman | naamojen | |
| partitive | naamaa | naamoja | |
| illative | naamaan | naamoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | naama | naamat | |
| accusative | nom. | naama | naamat |
| gen. | naaman | ||
| genitive | naaman | naamojen naamain rare | |
| partitive | naamaa | naamoja | |
| inessive | naamassa | naamoissa | |
| elative | naamasta | naamoista | |
| illative | naamaan | naamoihin | |
| adessive | naamalla | naamoilla | |
| ablative | naamalta | naamoilta | |
| allative | naamalle | naamoille | |
| essive | naamana | naamoina | |
| translative | naamaksi | naamoiksi | |
| abessive | naamatta | naamoitta | |
| instructive | — | naamoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||