máánu

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Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mānō.

Noun

mááṇu

  1. moon
  2. month

Inflection

Even inflection in -u
singular plural
Nominative mááṇu máánuh
Accusative máánu máánuid
Genitive máánu mánui
máánui
Illative mááṇun máánuid
Locative máánust máánuin
Comitative máánuin mánuiguin
Abessive mánuttáá mánuittáá
Essive máánnun
Partitive máánnud

Derived terms

Further reading

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