Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/mājnës

Proto-Samic

Etymology

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Somehow related to Finnish mainas and Proto-Sami *mājnōtēk.

Noun

*mājnës

1. legend, fairy tale

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*māj̯n̯ës
Genitive	*māj̯n̯ësn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*māj̯n̯ës	*māj̯n̯ësk
Accusative	*māj̯n̯ësm	*māj̯n̯ësjtē
Partitive	*māj̯n̯ëstē
Genitive	*māj̯n̯ësn	*māj̯n̯ësj
Essive	*māj̯n̯ësnē	*māj̯n̯ësjnē
Inessive	*māj̯n̯ëssnē
Elative	*māj̯n̯ësstē	*māj̯n̯ësjstē
Illative	*māj̯n̯ës̯s̯ën	—
Comitative	*māj̯n̯ësjnē *māj̯n̯ësjnë	—
Abessive	*māj̯n̯ësptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Northern Sami: máinnas
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: maainâs
  • Akkala Sami: ма̊йнас (måjnas)
  • Kildin Sami: моа̄йнас (mååjnas)
  • Ter Sami: моайӊс (måihns) (Čalʼmny-Varre), mai̯Ns (Jokanga)

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