saami

See also: Saami, and саами

Estonian

Proper noun

saami

1. Saami language

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Ingrian

Etymology

Ultimately from Northern Sami Sápmi. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːmi/, [ˈs̠ɑːmʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːmi/, [ˈʃɑːmi]
• Rhymes: -ɑːmʲ, -ɑːmi
• Hyphenation: saa‧mi

Noun

saami

1. (in the plural) Sami (people)
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 26:

     Tundraas ellää mokoma väki: nentsat, saamit, cukcat, kamcadalat.

     In the Tundra there lives this people: the Nenets, Saami, Chukchis, Kamchadals.

2. (in the singular) Sami language

Declension

Declension of saami (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	saami	saamit
genitive	saamin	saamiin, saamiloin
partitive	saamia	saamija, saamiloja
illative	saamii	saamii, saamiloihe
inessive	saamiis	saamiis, saamilois
elative	saamist	saamiist, saamiloist
allative	saamille	saamiille, saamiloille
adessive	saamiil	saamiil, saamiloil
ablative	saamilt	saamiilt, saamiloilt
translative	saamiks	saamiiks, saamiloiks
essive	saaminna, saamiin	saamiinna, saamiloinna, saamiin, saamiloin
exessive1)	saamint	saamiint, saamiloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Portuguese

Noun

saami m or f by sense (invariable)

1. Alternative form of sami

Adjective

saami (invariable)

1. Alternative form of sami

Spanish

Adjective

saami (invariable)

1. Alternative form of sami

Noun

saami m or f by sense (plural saami)

1. Alternative form of sami