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Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/mentä-

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

From Proto-Uralic *mene-.

Verb

*mentä-

  1. to carry

Descendants
  • Nganasan: мындысы (myndysy)
  • Enets:
    • >? Forest Enets: ми́деҫь
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets: минеш, менԓеш
    • Tundra Nenets: минесь
  • Selkup:
    • Taz: мэнтыӄо (“to outrun, to outdistance”)
    • Narym: мӓндэгý, мендэгу́, мяндэгу́ (“to pass, to elapse (of time)”)
  • Kamassian: [Term?]
  • Mator: [Term?]
  • *men- (“to go”)

References
  • Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
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