submi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsubːmiː/

Noun

submi

1. sum

Inflection

Even i-stem, bm-pm gradation
Nominative	submi
Genitive	supmi supmẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	submi	supmit
Accusative	supmi	supmiid
Genitive	supmi supmẹ	supmiid
Illative	submái	supmiide
Locative	supmis	supmiin
Comitative	supmiin	supmiiguin
Essive	submin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person submán submáme submámet 2nd person submát submáde submádet 3rd person submis submiska submiset

Further reading

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