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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kalma

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 *kale- (“to die”) +‎ *-ma. The reconstruction *kalema cannot be clearly ruled out.

For previously included cognates in Samic, see *kolmes.

Noun

*kalma

  1. grave
  2. ? death

Descendants
  • Samoyedic: *kålmɜ
    • Enets:
      • Forest Enets: [Term?] (kamero)
      • Tundra Enets: [Term?] (kameRo), камэр (“ghost”)
    • Nenets:
      • Forest Nenets: каӆьмяӆ (kāŕḿeȧr)
      • Tundra Nenets: хальмер (“grave”)
    • Kamassian: [script needed] (kʰolmə, “grave”)
  • Mordvinic: *kalmə, *kalma-
    • Erzya: калмо (kalmo, “grave”), калмамс (kalmams, “to bury”)
    • Moksha: калма (kalma, “grave”), калмамс (kalmams, “to bury”)
  • Finnic: *kalma (“grave, death”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  • Template:R:Janhunen 2007
  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  • Entry #229 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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