Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čëlmē

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 *śilmä. Doublet of *šëlmē.

Noun

*čëlmē

1. eye

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*čëlmē
Genitive	*čël̯m̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*čëlmē	*čël̯m̯ēk
Accusative	*čël̯m̯ēm	*čël̯m̯ijtē
Partitive	*čëlmētē
Genitive	*čël̯m̯ēn	*čël̯m̯ij
Essive	*čëlmēnē	*čël̯m̯ijnē
Inessive	*čël̯m̯ēsnē
Elative	*čël̯m̯ēstē	*čël̯m̯ijstē
Illative	*čëlmās̯ën	—
Comitative	*čël̯m̯ijnē *čël̯m̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*čël̯m̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Derived terms

• *čëlmētteamē

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: tjelmie
  • Ume Sami: tjalbmie
  • Pite Sami: tjalbme
  • Lule Sami: tjalmme
  • Northern Sami: čalbmi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: čalme
  • Skolt Sami: čâʹlmm
  • Akkala Sami: чилльмь (čill’m’)
  • Kildin Sami: чалльм (čall’m)
  • Ter Sami: [Term?] (čɐl̜̄m̜e)

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