Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čuovčë

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Origin unknown. According to Aikio (2004),[1] the word is a likely candidate for a substrate loanword; potentially related to Proto-Samic *šāpšë and Proto-Samic *šāpō.

Noun[edit]

*čuovčë

  1. common whitefish

Inflection[edit]

Even
Nominative *čuovčë
Genitive *čuov̯č̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *čuovčë *čuov̯č̯ëk
Accusative *čuov̯č̯ëm *čuov̯č̯ëjtē
Partitive *čuovčëtē
Genitive *čuov̯č̯ën *čuov̯č̯ëj
Essive *čuovčënē *čuov̯č̯ëjnē
Inessive *čuov̯č̯ësnē
Elative *čuov̯č̯ëstē *čuov̯č̯ëjstē
Illative *čuovčës̯ën
Comitative *čuov̯č̯ëjnē
*čuov̯č̯ëjnë
Abessive *čuov̯č̯ëptāk̯ëk

Descendants[edit]

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: tjoevtje
    • Ume Sami: tjuavttja
    • Pite Sami: tjuavvtja
    • Lule Sami: tjuovttja
    • Northern Sami: čuovža
  • Eastern Samic:

Further reading[edit]

  • 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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2004. "An essay on substrate studies and the origin of Saami". Mémoires de la Société néophilologique de Helsinki 63: 5–34.