horbmá

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish horsma, from Proto-Finnic *horma.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈhorːpmaː/

Noun

horbmá

1. fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium, syn. Epilobium angustifolium)

Inflection

Even á-stem, rbm-rpm gradation
Nominative	horbmá
Genitive	horpmá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	horbmá	horpmát
Accusative	horpmá	horpmáid
Genitive	horpmá	horpmáid
Illative	horbmái	horpmáide
Locative	horpmás	horpmáin
Comitative	horpmáin	horpmáiguin
Essive	horbmán
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person horbmán horbmáme horbmámet 2nd person horbmát horbmáde horbmádet 3rd person horbmás horbmáska horbmáset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “horbmá”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland