Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/eampēr

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

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *ambrijaz, from Latin amphora, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús, “vased shaped ornament with a narrow neck”).

Noun

*eampēr

1. bucket

Inflection

Odd
Nominative	*eam̯p̯ēr
Genitive	*eampār̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*eam̯p̯ēr	*eampār̯ëk
Accusative	*eampār̯ëm	*eampār̯ëjtē
Partitive	*eam̯p̯ērtē
Genitive	*eampār̯ën	*eampār̯ëj
Essive	*eam̯p̯ērnē	*eampār̯ëjnē
Inessive	*eampār̯ësnē
Elative	*eampār̯ëstē	*eampār̯ëjstē
Illative	*eam̯p̯ār̯s̯ën	—
Comitative	*eampār̯ëjnē *eampār̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*eampār̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Lule Sami: iepper
  • Northern Sami: eappir
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: eebir
  • Skolt Sami:
  • Kildin Sami: е̄мьперь (jiem’p’er’)

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