Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/seaptē

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

Noun

*seaptē

1. bait

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*seaptē
Genitive	*seap̯t̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*seaptē	*seap̯t̯ēk
Accusative	*seap̯t̯ēm	*seap̯t̯ijtē
Partitive	*seaptētē
Genitive	*seap̯t̯ēn	*seap̯t̯ij
Essive	*seaptēnē	*seap̯t̯ijnē
Inessive	*seap̯t̯ēsnē
Elative	*seap̯t̯ēstē	*seap̯t̯ijstē
Illative	*seaptās̯ën	—
Comitative	*seap̯t̯ijnē *seap̯t̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*seap̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: sieptie
  • Ume Sami: seäpttie
  • Pite Sami: säppte
  • Lule Sami: sieppte
  • Northern Sami: seakti
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: septi
  • Skolt Sami: seäʹptt
  • Kildin Sami: се̄ппьт (s’ēpp’t)
  • Ter Sami: sieppte

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