Reconstruction:Proto-Selkup/sajə

This Proto-Selkup 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-Selkup

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *səjmä, from Proto-Uralic *śilmä.

Noun

*sajə

1. eye

Descendants

• Northern Selkup: сайи (saji)
• Southern Selkup:
  • Narym Selkup: хай
  • Chulym Selkup: сэй

References

• Alatalo, Jarmo (2004) Sölkupisches Wörterbuch aus Aufzeichnungen von Kai Donner, U. T. Sirelius und Jarmo Alatalo, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, page 465