geassemánnu

Northern Sami

Etymology

Compound of geassi (“summer”) +‎ mánnu (“month”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

geassẹmánnu

1. June
2. (traditionally) early June through midsummer

Inflection

Even u-stem, nn-n gradation
Nominative	geassemánnu
Genitive	geassemánu geassemánọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	geassemánnu	geassemánut
Accusative	geassemánu	geassemánūid
Genitive	geassemánu geassemánọ	geassemánūid
Illative	geassemánnui	geassemánūide
Locative	geassemánus	geassemánūin
Comitative	geassemánūin	geassemánūiguin
Essive	geassemánnun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person geassemánnon geassemánnome geassemánnomet 2nd person geassemánnot geassemánnode geassemánnodet 3rd person geassemánnus geassemánnuska geassemánnuset

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) ođđajagimánnu, guovvamánnu, njukčamánnu, cuoŋọmánnu, miessẹmánnu, geassẹmánnu, suoidnẹmánnu, borgẹmánnu, čakčamánnu, golggotmánnu, skábmamánnu, juovlamánnu ^{(Category: se:Months)}

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