Kildin Sami edit

Etymology edit

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

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ма̄нн (mānn) (plural ма̄н)

  1. month
  2. moon

Inflection edit

Declension of ма̄нн (type I noun, нн-н gradation)
Nominative ма̄нн (mānn)
Genitive ма̄н (mān)
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 edit

Terms via affixes
Verbs
Compound words
Months of a year

Further reading edit

  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “ма̄нн”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], 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