sápmelaš

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Sápmi +‎ -laš.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsaˑpmelaʃ/

Noun

sápmẹlaš

  1. Sami person

Inflection
Even a-stem, žž-čč gradation
Nominative sápmẹlaš
Genitive sápmẹlačča
Singular Plural
Nominative sápmẹlaš sápmẹlaččat
Accusative sápmẹlačča sápmẹlaččaid
Genitive sápmẹlačča sápmẹlaččaid
Illative sápmẹlažžii sápmẹlaččaide
Locative sápmẹlaččas sápmẹlaččain
Comitative sápmẹlaččain sápmẹlaččaiguin
Essive sápmẹlažžan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sápmẹlažžan sápmẹlažžame sápmẹlažžamet
2nd person sápmẹlažžat sápmẹlažžade sápmẹlažžadet
3rd person sápmẹlažžas sápmẹlažžaska sápmẹlažžaset

See also

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