ма̄нн
Kildin Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Samic *mānō, from Proto-Norse *ᛗᚨᚾᛟ (*mānō).
Related to Swedish måne. Cognates include Northern Sami mánnu and Skolt Sami mään.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ма̄нн (mānn) (plural ма̄н)
Inflection
[edit]| Declension of ма̄нн (type I noun, нн-н gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ма̄нн (mānn) | |
| Genitive | ма̄н (mān) | |
| Dative-Illative | моа̄ннэ (måånne) | |
| Comitative | ма̄нэнҍ (mānen’) | |
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | ма̄нн (mānn) | ма̄н (mān) |
| Accusative | ма̄н (mān) | ма̄нэтҍ (mānet’) |
| Genitive | ма̄н (mān) | ма̄нэ (māne) |
| Dative-Illative | моа̄ннэ (måånne) | ма̄нэтҍ (mānet’) |
| Locative | ма̄нэсьт (mānes’t) | ма̄нэнҍ (mānen’) |
| Comitative | ма̄нэнҍ (mānen’) | ма̄нэгуэйм (māneguejm) |
| Abessive | ма̄нха (mānxa) | ма̄нэха (mānexa) |
| Essive | ма̄ннэнҍ (mānnen’) | |
| Partitive | ма̄ннэ (mānne) | |
Derived terms
[edit]Terms via affixes
Verbs
- ма̄ннлуввэ (mānnluvve)
Compound words
- ма̄ннкэ̄блэнч (mānnkēblenč)
- ма̄ннпе̄лль (mānnpiell’)
Months of a year
- вӯссьма̄нн (vūss’mānn)
- ке̄ссьма̄нн (kiess’mānn)
- коаммыййма̄нн (kåmmyjjmānn)
- кыдтма̄нн (kydtmānn)
- нюххчма̄нн (njuxxčmānn)
- о̄дтыгкьма̄нн (ōdtygk’mānn)
- по̄рркма̄нн (pōrrkmānn)
- поаррькма̄нн (pårr’kmānn)
- рэ̄гкэмма̄нн (rēgkemmānn)
- сӯййнма̄нн (sūjjnmānn)
- чеххчма̄нн (čjexxčmānn)
- ӣӈӈма̄нн (jiŋŋmānn)
Further reading
[edit]- A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “ма̄нн”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “mānnᵃ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland