Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/nealjē

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

Proto-Samic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *nealjē     Ordinal : *nealjāntë

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *neljä. In Northern, Kildin and Ter Sami, a shift *n > *ń has occurred, probably due to the influence of the word-medial palatal glide *j.

Numeral

*nealjē

1. four

Inflection

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: nieljie, njieljie
  • Ume Sami: neälljie
  • Pite Sami: nällje
  • Lule Sami: niellja
  • Northern Sami: njeallje
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: nelji
  • Skolt Sami: nellj
  • Akkala Sami: нелль (njell’)
  • Kildin Sami: не̄лльй (niell’j)
  • Ter Sami: njielˈlʹ

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
• Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.
• Lehtiranta, Juhani. 1989–2001. Yhteissaamelainen sanasto ('Common Sami Vocabulary'). Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 200. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
• P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 118