Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/måŋkə-

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

Borrowed from Pre-Proto-Tocharian *monko- (“lack, deficit”) (later *mənkā-).^[1]

Adjective

*måŋkə-

poor

Noun

*måŋkə-

poverty, need

Descendants

Nganasan: мәӈкәә (məŋkəə)^[2]
Enets:
- Forest Enets: магутуда (magutuda)^[3]
Nenets:
- Tundra Nenets: маӈгбӑда (maŋgbăda)^[4]

References

^ A.R. Warries (2025), Tocharian and Samoyed: On the question of Uralic substrate influence in Tocharian, Leiden University
^ N. T. Kosterkina; A. C. Momde; T. Y. Zhdanova (2001), Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 104
^ P. N. Sorokina (2001), C. D. Bolina, editor, Словарь Энецко-русский и Русско-Энецкий [Forest Enets-Russian and Russian-Forest Enets dictionary]‎^[1], Saint-Petersburg, page 66
^ N. M. Tereschenko (2005), Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 51

[1] A.R. Warries (2025), Tocharian and Samoyed: On the question of Uralic substrate influence in Tocharian, Leiden University

[2] N. T. Kosterkina; A. C. Momde; T. Y. Zhdanova (2001), Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 104

[3] P. N. Sorokina (2001), C. D. Bolina, editor, Словарь Энецко-русский и Русско-Энецкий [Forest Enets-Russian and Russian-Forest Enets dictionary]‎^[1], Saint-Petersburg, page 66

[4] N. M. Tereschenko (2005), Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 51

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