Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *sonë, from Proto-Uralic *sän.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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со̄нн (sōnn)

  1. he, she, it

Inflection

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Inflection of со̄нн (irregular)
Nominative со̄нн (sōnn) сыйй (syjj)
Genetive со̄н (sōn) сӣн (sīn)
Accusative со̄н (sōn) сӣнэтҍ (sīnet’)
Dative-Illative соннӭ (sonn’e) сыйе (syjje)
Locative-Ablative со̄нэсьт (sōnes’t),
сост (sost)
сӣнэнҍ (sīnen’)
Comitative со̄ннэнҍ (sōnnen’) сӣнэгуэйм (sīneguejm)
Abessive со̄нха (sōnxa) сӣнэха (sīnexa)
Essive со̄ннэнҍ (sōnnen’) сӣнэнҍ (sīnen’)
Partitive со̄ннэ (sōnne) сӣнэ (sīne)

See also

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Kildin Sami personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person мунн (munn) мыйй (myjj)
2nd person то̄нн (tōnn) тыйй (tyjj)
3rd person со̄нн (sōnn) сыйй (syjj)

Further reading

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