со̄нн

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sonë, from Proto-Uralic *sän.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoːnː/

Pronoun

со̄нн (sōnn)

  1. he, she, it
    • 2021, A. M. Sapelnikova, “Та̄л А̄ка”, in Голос Севера (приложение) [Voice of the North (appendix)], St Petersburg: Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, page 275:
      Элькэ со̄нн е̄лле пэҏт луннҍ.
      El’ke sōnn jēllje per̥t lunn’.
      He started to live near the cabin.

Inflection

Inflection of со̄нн (irregular)
Nominative со̄нн (sōnn) сыйй (syjj)
Genetive со̄н (sōn) сӣн (sīn)
Accusative со̄н (sōn) сӣнэтҍ (sīnet’)
Dative-Illative соннӭ (sonn’e) сыйе (syjje)
Locative-Ablative со̄нэсьт (sōnes’t),
сост (sost)
сӣнэнҍ (sīnen’)
Comitative со̄ннэнҍ (sōnnen’) сӣнэгуэйм (sīneguejm)
Abessive со̄нха (sōnxa) сӣнэха (sīnexa)
Essive со̄ннэнҍ (sōnnen’) сӣнэнҍ (sīnen’)
Partitive со̄ннэ (sōnne) сӣнэ (sīne)

See also

Kildin Sami personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person мунн (munn) мыйй (myjj)
2nd person то̄нн (tōnn) тыйй (tyjj)
3rd person со̄нн (sōnn) сыйй (syjj)

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
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “со̄нн”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway