rimsi

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian remse, Swedish remsa.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈrimːsiː/

Noun

rimsi

  1. rag
  2. person wearing rags

Inflection

Even i-stem, ms-mss gradation
Nominative rimsi
Genitive rimssi
rimssẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative rimsi rimssit
Accusative rimssi rimssiid
Genitive rimssi
rimssẹ 		rimssiid
Illative rimsái rimssiide
Locative rimssis rimssiin
Comitative rimssiin rimssiiguin
Essive rimsin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person rimsán rimsáme rimsámet
2nd person rimsát rimsáde rimsádet
3rd person rimsis rimsiska rimsiset

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
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