Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *juonë, from Proto-Finno-Permic *jane, probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHnam.

Related to Finnish juoni and Erzya ян (jan). Cognates include Southern Sami juõnn and Skolt Sami joene.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ю̄нн (jūnn)

  1. path

Inflection

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Inflection of ю̄нн
Nominative ю̄нн (jūnn)
Genitive ю̄н (jūn)
Singular Plural
Nominative ю̄нн (jūnn) ю̄н (jūn)
Accusative ю̄н (jūn) ю̄нэ (jūne)
Genitive ю̄н (jūn) ю̄нэтҍ (jūnet’)
Illative ю̄ннӭ (jūnn’e) ю̄нэтҍ (jūnet’)
Locative ю̄нэсьт (jūnes’t) ю̄нэнҍ (jūnen’)
Comitative ю̄нэнҍ (jūnen’) ю̄нэгуэйм (jūneguejm)
Abessive ю̄нха (jūnxa) ю̄нэха (jūnexa)
Essive ю̄ннэнҍ (jūnnen’)
Partitive ю̄ннэ (jūnne)
Possessive forms
(Singular object) Singular possessor Multiple possessors
1st person {{{s1_Sposs}}} {{{p1_Sposs}}}
2nd person {{{s2_Sposs}}} {{{p2_Sposs}}}
3rd person {{{s3_Sposs}}} {{{p3_Sposs}}}
(Multiple objects) Singular possessor Multiple possessors
1st person {{{s1_Pposs}}} {{{p1_Pposs}}}
2nd person {{{s2_Pposs}}} {{{p2_Pposs}}}
3rd person {{{s3_Pposs}}} {{{p3_Pposs}}}

Further reading

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