sápmi

See also: Sápmi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sāmē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːpmiː/

Noun

sápmi

1. Sami person.
2. Sami language.

Inflection

Even i-stem, pm-m gradation
Nominative	sápmi
Genitive	sámi sámẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sápmi	sámit
Accusative	sámi	sámiid
Genitive	sámi sámẹ	sámiid
Illative	sápmái	sámiide
Locative	sámis	sámiin
Comitative	sámiin	sámiiguin
Essive	sápmin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sápmán sápmáme sápmámet 2nd person sápmát sápmáde sápmádet 3rd person sápmis sápmiska sápmiset

Derived terms

• sámástit
• davvisápmi

Proper noun

sápmi

1. Alternative letter-case form of Sápmi

Inflection

Even i-stem, pm-m gradation
Nominative	sápmi
Genitive	sámi sámẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sápmi	—
Accusative	sámi	—
Genitive	sámi sámẹ	—
Illative	sápmái	—
Locative	sámis	—
Comitative	sámiin	—
Essive	sápmin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sápmán sápmáme sápmámet 2nd person sápmát sápmáde sápmádet 3rd person sápmis sápmiska sápmiset

Further reading

• 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