oapmet

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oamētē, the partitive of *oamē. Equivalent to *oapmi (“old”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈo̯ɑpmeh(t)/

Adverb

oapmet

1. as of old

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