sjalmme

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Lule Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *šëlmē.

Noun[edit]

sjalmme

  1. eye of a needle
  2. eye of an axe blade

Inflection[edit]

Even e-stem, lmm-lm gradation
Nominative sjalmme
Genitive sjalme
Singular Plural
Nominative sjalmme sjalme
Accusative sjalmev sjalmijt
Genitive sjalme sjalmij
Illative sjalmmáj sjalmijda
Inessive sjalmen sjalmijn
Elative sjalmes sjalmijs
Comitative sjalmijn sjalmij
Abessive sjalmedagá
sjalmedagi
sjalmijdagá
sjalmijdagi
Essive sjalmmen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sjalmmám sjalmmáma sjalmmáma
2nd person sjalmmát sjalmmáda sjalmmáda
3rd person sjalmmes sjalmmeska sjalmmesa

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