Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śajwa

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This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

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Reconstruction

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UEW gives the reconstruction *śojwa, but this does not match any of the descendants. Contrast *ojwa (head).

The cluster *jw is reconstructed on the basis of Sami, but also *wj is possible, as metathesis *vj > *jv is regular in Kola Sami (compare Proto-Samic *čoavjē). This may suggest that the word is originally a derivative: *śawe +‎ *-ja.

Noun

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*śajwa

  1. clay

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Samoyedic:
    • Selkup:
      • Northern Selkup: [script needed] ()
    • Kamassian: (Koibal) [script needed] (se)
  • Proto-Permic: *śoj (see there for further descendants)
  • Samic: ? *čuojvē, *čuovjē
    • Kildin Sami: чуййв (čujjv)
    • Ter Sami: [script needed] (čujjve)

References

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  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
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