Reconstruction:Proto-Mansi/šäm
Proto-Mansi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Uralic *ćilmä, *śilmä.
Noun
*šäm
Inflection
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *šäm | *šämɣ | *šämt |
accusative | *šämmī | *- | *- |
lative-dative | *šämnä | *- | *- |
locative | *šämtǟ | *- | *- |
ablative | *šämnǟl | *- | *- |
instrumental | *šäml / *šämtɜl | *- | *- |
comitative | *šämnǟt | *- | *- |
translative | *šämɣ | *- | *- |
Notes: The Proto-Mansi declension system is not yet reconstructed in detail.
What is presented here is only one possibility. (Honti)
Descendants
- Northern Mansi: сам (sam) (Sosva, Sygva, Upper Lozva, Ob)
- Eastern Mansi: сям (sâm) (Upper Konda), сӓм (säm) (Yukonda)
- Western Mansi: [script needed] (šäm) (Pelym, Lower Lozva, North Vagil, South Vagil)
- Southern Mansi: [script needed] (šäm) (Tavda)
References
- URALIC ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY (draft version of entries A-Ć), page 129 [1]