Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ńëlë

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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]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

*ńëlë[1]

  1. small storehouse built on one pillar

Inflection[edit]

Even
Nominative *ńëlë
Genitive *ńël̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *ńëlë *ńël̯ëk
Accusative *ńël̯ëm *ńël̯ëjtē
Partitive *ńëlëtē
Genitive *ńël̯ën *ńël̯ëj
Essive *ńëlënē *ńël̯ëjnē
Inessive *ńël̯ësnē
Elative *ńël̯ëstē *ńël̯ëjstē
Illative *ńëlës̯ën —
Comitative *ńël̯ëjnē
*ńël̯ëjnë 		—
Abessive *ńël̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants[edit]

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: njalle
    • Pite Sami: njalla
    • Lule Sami: njalla
    • Northern Sami: njalla
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: njollâ
    • Skolt Sami: njõll
    • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (ńɛ̮лл-)
  • → Finnish: nili

References[edit]

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.
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