jápmit

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *jāmētēk, inherited from Proto-Uralic *jama-. Cognate with Erzya ёмамс (jomams, “to decease”).

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈjaːpmiːh(t)/

Verb

jápmit

  1. to die

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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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