Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Compound of cuoŋu (crusted snowdrift) +‎ mánnu (month).

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡su̯oɲoˌmaːnnuː/

Noun

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cuoŋọmánnu

  1. April
  2. (traditionally) April and May

Inflection

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Even u-stem, nn-n gradation
Nominative cuoŋománnu
Genitive cuoŋománu
cuoŋománọ
Singular Plural
Nominative cuoŋománnu cuoŋománut
Accusative cuoŋománu cuoŋománūid
Genitive cuoŋománu
cuoŋománọ
cuoŋománūid
Illative cuoŋománnui cuoŋománūide
Locative cuoŋománus cuoŋománūin
Comitative cuoŋománūin cuoŋománūiguin
Essive cuoŋománnun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person cuoŋománnon cuoŋománnome cuoŋománnomet
2nd person cuoŋománnot cuoŋománnode cuoŋománnodet
3rd person cuoŋománnus cuoŋománnuska cuoŋománnuset

See also

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Further reading

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  • 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
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