šalbmi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *šëlmē.

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈʃalːpmiː/

Noun

šalbmi

eye of a needle
eye of an axe

Inflection

Even i-stem, lbm-lmm gradation

Nominative

šalbmi

Genitive

šalmmi
šalmmẹ

Singular

Plural

Nominative

šalbmi

šalmmit

Accusative

šalmmi

šalmmiid

Genitive

šalmmi
šalmmẹ

šalmmiid

Illative

šalbmái

šalmmiide

Locative

šalmmis

šalmmiin

Comitative

šalmmiin

šalmmiiguin

Essive

šalbmin

Possessive forms
	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	šalbmán	šalbmáme	šalbmámet
2nd person	šalbmát	šalbmáde	šalbmádet
3rd person	šalbmis	šalbmiska	šalbmiset

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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