The History of Lapland: Wherein Are Shewed the Original, Manners, Habits, Marriages, Conjurations, &c. of That PeopleScheffer, Johannes
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The History of Lapland: Wherein Are Shewed the Original, Manners, Habits, Marriages, Conjurations, &c. of That People
Scheffer, Johannes
Lapland -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Sami (European people)
Lappon. | Finlappon.
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_Singul._ _Plural._ | _Singul._ _Plural._
_N._ Immel. _N._ Immeleck. | _N._ Jumala. _N._ Jumalat.
_G._ Immele. _G._ Immeliig. | _G._ Jumalan. _G._ Jumalden.
_D._ Immela. _D._ Immewoth. | _D._ Jumalalle. _D._ Jumalille.
_A._ Immel. _A._ Immeliidh. | _A._ Jumalaa. _A._ Jumalat.
_V._ ô Immel. _V._ ô Immæleck. | _V._ Jumala. _V._ ô Jumalat.
_A._ Immelist. _A._ Immæliie. | _A._ Jumalasta. _A._ Jumalilda.
I will add one more Noun, that the case may be more clear, and that
shall be _Olmai_, which signifies a man.
_Singul._ _Plural._
_N._ Olmai. _N._ Olmack.
_G._ Olma. _G._ Olmaig.
_D._ Olmas. _D._ Olmaid.
_A._ Olma. _A._ Olmaig.
_V._ ô Olmai. _V._ ô Olmack.
_A._ Olmast. _A._ Olmaija.
And after this manner it is in all the rest.
Adjectives have their terminations in comparison, as
_Stoure_, great, _stourapo_, greater, _stouramus_, greatest.
_Enach_, much, _enapo_, more, _enamus_, most.
_Utze_, little, _utzapo_, less, _utzamus_, least.
The comparative for the most part ends in _po_, the Superlative in
_mus_. They have also their Articles, but seldom use them before Nouns,
as it also in other Tongues.
In the Masc. and the Fem. Gender the Article hath the same termination,
but differs in the Neuter; for _tott_ signifies _hic & hæc_, _towt_,
_hoc_.
Their Pronouns are _mun_, I, _tun_, thou, _sun_, he, _mii_, we, _sii_,
you, _tack_, they. The Verbs also are conjugated in their Tenses, and
Persons, as in the Indicative mood thus, Sing. _Mun pworastan_ I love,
_tum pworastack_ thou lovest, _sun pworasta_. Plur. _Mii pworastop_ we
love, _sii pworost_ you love, _tack pwrost_. And after this manner do
they decline their other Verbs.
Sing. _mun læm_ I am, _tun læck_, thou art, _suu lia_ he is.
Plur. _mii læp_ we are, _sii læ_ you are, _tack læ_ they are.
These will serve to give us some light into the nature of this
Language, at least as much as is to our purpose, who did not undertake
to write a Grammar, but only give some small description.
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