mánnu

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See also: Mannu, and mànnu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mānō, from Proto-Norse *ᛗᚨᚾᛟ (*mānō), from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːnnuː/

Noun

mánnu

moon
(chiefly in compounds) month

Inflection

Even u-stem, nn-n gradation

Nominative

mánnu

Genitive

Singular

Plural

Nominative

mánnu

Accusative

Genitive

Illative

Locative

Comitative

Essive

Possessive forms
	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	mánnon	mánnome	mánnomet
2nd person	mánnot	mánnode	mánnodet
3rd person	mánnus	mánnuska	mánnuset

Derived terms

ođđajagimánnu (“January”)
guovvamánnu (“February”)
njukčamánnu (“March”)
cuoŋománnu (“April”)
miessemánnu (“May”)
geassemánnu (“June”)
suoidnemánnu (“July”)
borgemánnu (“August”)
čakčamánnu (“September”)
golggotmánnu (“October”)
skábmamánnu (“November”)
juovlamánnu (“December”)

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

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