sábme

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sāmē.

Noun

sábme

1. Sami person
2. Sami language

Inflection

Even e-stem, bm-m gradation
Nominative	sábme
Genitive	sáme
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sábme	sáme
Accusative	sámev	sámijt
Genitive	sáme	sámij
Illative	sábmáj	sámijda
Inessive	sámen	sámijn
Elative	sámes	sámijs
Comitative	sámijn	sámij
Abessive	sámedagá sámedagi	sámijdagá sámijdagi
Essive	sábmen
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sábmám sábmáma sábmáma 2nd person sábmát sábmáda sábmáda 3rd person sábmes sábmeska sábmesa

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

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sāmē.

Noun

sábme

1. Sami person

Inflection

Even e-stem, bm-m gradation
Nominative	sábme
Genitive	sáme
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sábme	sáme
Accusative	sámev	sämijt
Genitive	sáme	sämij
Illative	sábmáj	sämijda
Inessive	sámen	sämijn
Elative	sámest sámes	sämijst sämijs
Comitative	sämijn	sämij
Essive	sábmen

Further reading

• sábme in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland