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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/këńël

This Proto-Samic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Uralic *küńele. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *küünel.

Noun

*këńël

  1. tear (eye liquid)

Inflection
Odd
Nominative *këń̯ël
Genitive *këńël̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *këń̯ël *këńël̯ëk
Accusative *këńël̯ëm *këńël̯ëjtē
Partitive *këń̯ëltē
Genitive *këńël̯ën *këńël̯ëj
Essive *këń̯ëlnē *këńël̯ëjnē
Inessive *këńël̯ësnē
Elative *këńël̯ëstē *këńël̯ëjstē
Illative *këń̯ël̯s̯ën —
Comitative *këńël̯ëjnē
*këńël̯ëjnë		 —
Abessive *këńël̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants
  • Western Samic:
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: koonjâl
    • Skolt Sami: kõõnjâl
    • Kildin Sami: кэнял (kenjal)
    • Ter Sami: kânjl

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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