mannji

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mëńē.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmaɲɲiː/

Noun

mannji

  1. daughter-in-law

Inflection

Even i-stem, nnj-nj gradation
Nominative mannji
Genitive manji
manjẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative mannji manjit
Accusative manji manjiid
Genitive manji
manjẹ 		manjiid
Illative mannjái manjiide
Locative manjis manjiin
Comitative manjiin manjiiguin
Essive mannjin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person mannján mannjáme mannjámet
2nd person mannját mannjáde mannjádet
3rd person mannjis mannjiska mannjiset

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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