Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/jəkə-

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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

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Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Uralic *jëka- (to share, to divide).

Verb

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*jəkə-

  1. (transitive) to cut

Descendants

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  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: яхась (yaxasʹ°, to skin)
  • Kamassian: чагарзьәт (ćagarźət, to cut)
  • Mator: тчяга- (čagә-, to cut out, to tailor)

References

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