cuoŋománnu

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cuoŋọmánnu

1. April
2. (traditionally) April and May

Inflection

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

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

• ođđajagimánnu
• guovvamánnu
• njukčamánnu
• cuoŋọmánnu
• miessẹmánnu
• geassẹmánnu
• suoidnẹmánnu
• borgẹmánnu
• čakčamánnu
• golggotmánnu
• skábmamánnu
• juovlamánnu

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland