Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kuomē

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

From Proto-Germanic *gōmô.

Noun

*kuomē

1. palate

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*kuomē
Genitive	*kuom̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kuomē	*kuom̯ēk
Accusative	*kuom̯ēm	*kuom̯ijtē
Partitive	*kuomētē
Genitive	*kuom̯ēn	*kuom̯ij
Essive	*kuomēnē	*kuom̯ijnē
Inessive	*kuom̯ēsnē
Elative	*kuom̯ēstē	*kuom̯ijstē
Illative	*kuomās̯ën	—
Comitative	*kuom̯ijnē *kuom̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*kuom̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: guemie
  • Ume Sami: guöbmie
  • Pite Sami: guobme
  • Lule Sami: guobme
  • Northern Sami: guopmi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kyeṃi
  • Skolt Sami: kuõmm
  • Ter Sami: кымме, kïmme

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