монн

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Akkala Sami

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Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë, from Proto-Uralic *minä.

Related to Hungarian én and Finnish minä. Compare Skolt Sami mon, Kildin Sami мунн (munn) and Northern Sami mun.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

монн (monn)

  1. I, me

Inflection

Inflection of монн (irregular)
Nominative монн (monn) мий (mij)
Genetive мӯ () миййи (mijji)
Accusative мӯ () миййи (mijji)
Essive мунҍ (mun’)
Locative мусьтҍ (mus’t’) мисьтҍ (mis’t’)
Dative-Ilative муннҍӓ (munn’ä) миййи (mijji)
Abessive мута (muta) мийта (mijta)
Comitative муинҍ (muin’) миййивуим (mijjivuim)

See also

Akkala Sami personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person монн (monn) мий (mij)
2nd person тонн (tonn) тий (tij)
3rd person сонн (sonn) сий (sij)

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 125
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “mon”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland