fátmi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Noun

fátmi

  1. lap (upper legs)
  2. embrace

Inflection
Even i-stem, tm-tmm gradation
Nominative fátmi
Genitive fátmmi
fátmmẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative fátmi fátmmit
Accusative fátmmi fátmmiid
Genitive fátmmi
fátmmẹ		 fátmmiid
Illative fátmái fátmmiide
Locative fátmmis fátmmiin
Comitative fátmmiin fátmmiiguin
Essive fátmin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person fátmán fátmáme fátmámet
2nd person fátmát fátmáde fátmádet
3rd person fátmis fátmiska fátmiset

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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