olmmái

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *ëlmāj.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈolmmaːj/

Noun

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olmmái

  1. man
  2. companion

Inflection

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Contracted á-stem, lbm-lmm gradation
Nominative olmmái
Genitive olbmá
Singular Plural
Nominative olmmái olbmát
Accusative olbmá olbmáid
Genitive olbmá olbmáid
Illative olbmái olbmáide
Locative olbmás olbmáin
Comitative olbmáin olbmáiguin
Essive olmmájin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person olbmán olbmáme olbmámet
2nd person olbmát olbmáde olbmádet
3rd person olbmás olbmáska olbmáset

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