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Akkala Sami
The spelling of this entry has been normalized from måinas according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *mājnës.
Related to Finnish mainas, compare Inari Sami maainâs, Kildin Sami моа̄йнас (mååjnas) and Northern Sami máinnas.
Pronunciation
Noun
ма̊йнас (måjnas)
- story, tale
Further reading
- P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 41