čalmmeheapme

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čëlmētteamē. Equivalent to čalbmi +‎ -heapme.

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

Adjective

čalmmẹheapmẹ (comparative čalmmẹhit, superlative čalmmẹhamọs or čalmmẹheamọs)

  1. blind

Inflection
Even e-stem, pm-m gradation
Attributive čalmmehis
Nominative čalmmeheapme
Genitive čalmmeheame
Attributive čalmmehis
Singular Plural
Nominative čalmmeheapme čalmmeheamet
Accusative čalmmeheame čalmmeheamiid
Genitive čalmmeheame čalmmeheamiid
Illative čalmmeheapmii čalmmeheamiide
Locative čalmmeheames čalmmeheamiin
Comitative čalmmeheamiin čalmmeheamiiguin
Essive čalmmeheapmen

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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