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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ńälmä

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Etymology

From *ńäle- (“to swallow”) +‎ *-mä.

Noun

*ńälmä

  1. tongue
  2. ? language

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: nyelv
    • Mansi:
    • Khanty:
      • Eastern: ня̈ләм (nâ̈ləm)
      • Northern: ня̈ләм (nâ̈ləm)
  • Mari:
    • Eastern Mari: йылме (jylme)
    • Western Mari: йӹлмӹ (jÿlmÿ)
  • Samic: *ńālmē (“mouth”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Entry #615 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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