Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/kətå
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Proto-Samoyedic[edit]
Reconstruction[edit]
The reconstruction *kəčå is also possible, in the absense of Central and Southern Selkup descendants.
Etymology[edit]
Unclear. Earlier often taken as a reflex of Proto-Uralic *künče (“nail”), but the sound correspondences are mostly irregular (the words only share *k- and possibly *-č-).
Noun[edit]
*kətå
Descendants[edit]
- Nganasan: кəту (kətu)
- Enets:
- Forest Enets: коза (koða)
- Tundra Enets: [script needed] (koda)
- Nenets:
- Forest Nenets: [script needed] (kattoə)
- Tundra Nenets: хӑда (xăda)
- Selkup:
- Kamassian: кхада (kʰada)
- Mator: [script needed] (kada)
References[edit]
- Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.