ма̄нн

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Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *mānō, from Proto-Norse *ᛗᚨᚾᛟ (*mānō).

Related to Swedish måne. Cognates include Northern Sami mánnu and Skolt Sami mään.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ма̄нн (mānn) (plural ма̄н)

  1. month
  2. moon

Inflection

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Declension of ма̄нн (type I noun, нн-н gradation)
Nominative ма̄нн (mānn)
Genitive ма̄н (mān)
Dative-Illative моа̄ннэ (måånne)
Comitative ма̄нэнҍ (mānen’)
singular plural
Nominative ма̄нн (mānn) ма̄н (mān)
Accusative ма̄н (mān) ма̄нэтҍ (mānet’)
Genitive ма̄н (mān) ма̄нэ (māne)
Dative-Illative моа̄ннэ (måånne) ма̄нэтҍ (mānet’)
Locative ма̄нэсьт (mānes’t) ма̄нэнҍ (mānen’)
Comitative ма̄нэнҍ (mānen’) ма̄нэгуэйм (māneguejm)
Abessive ма̄нха (mānxa) ма̄нэха (mānexa)
Essive ма̄ннэнҍ (mānnen’)
Partitive ма̄ннэ (mānne)

Derived terms

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Terms via affixes
Verbs
Compound words
Months of a year

Further reading

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  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “ма̄нн”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь, Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “mānnᵃ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland