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Sápmi

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From sápmi. Doublet of Suopma.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsaːpmiː/

Proper noun

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Sápmi

  1. The lands of the Sami within the national state borders of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.

Inflection

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Even i-stem, pm-m gradation
Nominative Sápmi
Genitive Sámi
Sámẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative Sápmi
Accusative Sámi
Genitive Sámi
Sámẹ
Illative Sápmái
Locative Sámis
Comitative Sámiin
Essive Sápmin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person Sápmán Sápmáme Sápmámet
2nd person Sápmát Sápmáde Sápmádet
3rd person Sápmis Sápmiska Sápmiset

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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