Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čuokē

This Proto-Samic 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-Samic

Etymology

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Noun

*čuokē

1. ground frost

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*čuokē
Genitive	*čuok̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*čuokē	*čuok̯ēk
Accusative	*čuok̯ēm	*čuok̯ijtē
Partitive	*čuokētē
Genitive	*čuok̯ēn	*čuok̯ij
Essive	*čuokēnē	*čuok̯ijnē
Inessive	*čuok̯ēsnē
Elative	*čuok̯ēstē	*čuok̯ijstē
Illative	*čuokās̯ën	—
Comitative	*čuok̯ijnē *čuok̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*čuok̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: tjuekie
  • Ume Sami: tjuöhkie
  • Pite Sami: tjuohke
  • Lule Sami: tjuohke
  • Northern Sami: čuohki
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: čyehi
  • Skolt Sami:

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