Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/årkå

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

From *årë.

Adjective

*årkå

1. big

Descendants

• Enets:
  • Forest Enets: ага
• Nenets:
  • Forest Nenets: ӈаԓка (ŋałka)
  • Tundra Nenets: ӈарка (ŋarka)
• Selkup:
  • Northern Selkup: вәрӄы
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym: варӷ
    • Upper Ob: уарх
• Kamassian: урго (urgo)
• Koibal: урга
• Mator: орга

References

• Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.