Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/këńël

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-Uralic *küńele. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *küünel.

Noun

*këńël

1. tear (eye liquid)

Inflection

Odd
Nominative	*këń̯ël
Genitive	*këńël̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*këń̯ël	*këńël̯ëk
Accusative	*këńël̯ëm	*këńël̯ëjtē
Partitive	*këń̯ëltē
Genitive	*këńël̯ën	*këńël̯ëj
Essive	*këń̯ëlnē	*këńël̯ëjnē
Inessive	*këńël̯ësnē
Elative	*këńël̯ëstē	*këńël̯ëjstē
Illative	*këń̯ël̯s̯ën	—
Comitative	*këńël̯ëjnē *këńël̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*këńël̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: gïknjele
  • Lule Sami: ganjál
  • Northern Sami: ganjal
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: koonjâl
  • Skolt Sami: kõõnjâl
  • Akkala Sami: кы̄нял (kȳnjal)
  • Kildin Sami: кэ̄нял (kēnjal)
  • Ter Sami: kânjl

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