mánnu

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

1. moon
2. (chiefly in compounds) month

Inflection

Even u-stem, nn-n gradation
Nominative	mánnu
Genitive	mánu mánọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mánnu	mánut
Accusative	mánu	mánūid
Genitive	mánu mánọ	mánūid
Illative	mánnui	mánūide
Locative	mánus	mánūin
Comitative	mánūin	mánūiguin
Essive	mánnun
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^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland