Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Compound of borgi (reindeer coat shifting) +‎ mánnu (month) or from borga (snowfall) +‎ mánnu (month).

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈporːkeˌmaːnnuː/

Noun

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borgẹmánnu

  1. August
  2. (traditionally) mid-August and early September

Inflection

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Even u-stem, nn-n gradation
Nominative borgẹmánnu
Genitive borgẹmánu
borgẹmánọ
Singular Plural
Nominative borgẹmánnu borgẹmánut
Accusative borgẹmánu borgẹmánūid
Genitive borgẹmánu
borgẹmánọ
borgẹmánūid
Illative borgẹmánnui borgẹmánūide
Locative borgẹmánus borgẹmánūin
Comitative borgẹmánūin borgẹmánūiguin
Essive borgẹmánnun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person borgẹmánnon borgẹmánnome borgẹmánnomet
2nd person borgẹmánnot borgẹmánnode borgẹmánnodet
3rd person borgẹmánnus borgẹmánnuska borgẹmánnuset

See also

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