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Estonian
Proper noun
saami
- Saami language
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Ingrian
Etymology
Ultimately from Northern Sami Sápmi. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
saami
- (in the plural) Sami (people)
1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 26:Tundraas ellää mokoma väki: nentsat, saamit, cukcat, kamcadalat.- In the Tundra there lives this people: the Nenets, Saami, Chukchis, Kamchadals.
- (in the singular) Sami language
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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saami
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saamit
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| genitive
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saamin
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saamiin, saamiloin
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| partitive
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saamia
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saamija, saamiloja
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| illative
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saamii
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saamii, saamiloihe
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| inessive
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saamiis
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saamiis, saamilois
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| elative
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saamist
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saamiist, saamiloist
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| allative
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saamille
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saamiille, saamiloille
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| adessive
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saamiil
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saamiil, saamiloil
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| ablative
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saamilt
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saamiilt, saamiloilt
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| translative
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saamiks
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saamiiks, saamiloiks
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| essive
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saaminna, saamiin
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saamiinna, saamiloinna, saamiin, saamiloin
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| exessive1)
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saamint
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saamiint, saamiloint
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1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
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Portuguese
Noun
saami m or f by sense (invariable)
- Alternative form of sami
Adjective
saami (invariable)
- Alternative form of sami
Spanish
Adjective
saami (invariable)
- Alternative form of sami
Noun
saami m or f by sense (plural saami)
- Alternative form of sami