Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/šåpə

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This Proto-Mari entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Mari

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *šappa. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *hap'oin.

Adjective

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*šåpə

  1. sour

Descendants

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  • Eastern Mari: шопо (šopo)
  • Western Mari: шапы (šapy)

References

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  • Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.
  • Zhivlov, Mikhail. 2014. "Studies in Uralic vocalism III". In Journal of Language Relationship 12, pp. 113–148.