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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ńālmē

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-Ugric *ńälmä.

Noun

*ńālmē

  1. mouth

Inflection
Even
Nominative *ńālmē
Genitive *ńāl̯m̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *ńālmē *ńāl̯m̯ēk
Accusative *ńāl̯m̯ēm *ńāl̯m̯ijtē
Partitive *ńālmētē
Genitive *ńāl̯m̯ēn *ńāl̯m̯ij
Essive *ńālmēnē *ńāl̯m̯ijnē
Inessive *ńāl̯m̯ēsnē
Elative *ńāl̯m̯ēstē *ńāl̯m̯ijstē
Illative *ńālmās̯ën —
Comitative *ńāl̯m̯ijnē
*ńāl̯m̯ijnë		 —
Abessive *ńāl̯m̯ēptāk̯ëk —

Descendants
  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: njaelmie
    • Ume Sami: njálbmie
    • Pite Sami: njálbme
    • Lule Sami: njálmme
    • Northern Sami: njálbmi
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: njälmi
    • Skolt Sami: njäʹlmm
    • Akkala Sami: ньӓлльмь
    • Kildin Sami: ня̄лльм (njāll’m)
    • Ter Sami: njallʹme

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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