Sápmi
Appearance
See also: sápmi
Northern Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sápmi. Doublet of Suopma.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sápmi
- The lands of the Sami within the national state borders of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
Inflection
[edit]Even i-stem, pm-m gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | Sápmi | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | Sámi Sámẹ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | Sápmi | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | Sámi | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | Sámi Sámẹ |
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Illative | Sápmái | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | Sámis | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | Sámiin | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | Sápmin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland