namma

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nëmë.

Noun

namma

1. name

Inflection

Even a-stem, mm-m gradation
Nominative	namma
Genitive	namá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	namma	namá
Accusative	namáv	namájt
Genitive	namá	namáj
Illative	nammaj	namájda
Inessive	namán	namájn
Elative	namás	namájs
Comitative	namájn	namáj
Abessive	namádagá namádagi	namájdagá namájdagi
Essive	namman
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person nammam nammama nammama 2nd person nammat nammada nammada 3rd person nammas nammaska nammasa

Further reading

• 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

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nëmë, from Proto-Uralic *nime.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnamma/

Noun

namma

1. name

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• navdit

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nëmë.

Noun

namma

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Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• namma in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland