Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vënës

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-Finno-Permic *weneš. Compare Proto-Finnic *veneh.

Noun

*vënës

1. boat

Inflection

Odd
Nominative	*vën̯ës
Genitive	*vënës̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*vën̯ës	*vënës̯ëk
Accusative	*vënës̯ëm	*vënës̯ëjtē
Partitive	*vën̯ëstē
Genitive	*vënës̯ën	*vënës̯ëj
Essive	*vën̯ësnē	*vënës̯ëjnē
Inessive	*vënës̯ësnē
Elative	*vënës̯ëstē	*vënës̯ëjstē
Illative	*vën̯ës̯s̯ën	—
Comitative	*vënës̯ëjnē *vënës̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*vënës̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Ume Sami: vadˈnas
  • Pite Sami: vanas, vanás
  • Lule Sami: vanás
  • Northern Sami: vanas
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: voonâs
  • Skolt Sami: võõnâs
  • Akkala Sami: выэнас (vyenas), (Imandra) [script needed] (wånas)
  • Kildin Sami: вэнс (vens)
  • Ter Sami: vâns

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
• P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 38