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Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/kətå

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Reconstruction

The reconstruction *kəčå is also possible, in the absense of Central and Southern Selkup descendants.

Etymology

Unclear. Earlier often taken as a reflex of Proto-Uralic *künče (“nail”), but the sound correspondences are mostly irregular (the words only share *k- and possibly *-č-).

Noun

*kətå

  1. nail, claw

Descendants
  • Nganasan: кату (katu)
    • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: [Term?] (kora)
    • Tundra Enets: [Term?] (koda)
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets: [script needed] (kattoə)
    • Tundra Nenets: хӑда (xədā)
  • Selkup:
    • Northern: [script needed] (qaty)
  • Kamassian: [script needed] (kada)
  • Mator: [script needed] (kada)

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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