gobmi

Northern Sami

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Finnish kumma.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkobːmiː/

Noun

gobmi

  1. ghost

Inflection

Even i-stem, bm-pm gradation
Nominative gobmi
Genitive gopmi
gopmẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative gobmi gopmit
Accusative gopmi gopmiid
Genitive gopmi
gopmẹ
gopmiid
Illative gobmái gopmiide
Locative gopmis gopmiin
Comitative gopmiin gopmiiguin
Essive gobmin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gobmán gobmáme gobmámet
2nd person gobmát gobmáde gobmádet
3rd person gobmis gobmiska gobmiset

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