Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čormë

This Proto-Samic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Unknown. Has been compared with Tundra Nenets [script needed] (sormūŋk), Forest Nenets [script needed] (xirmuŋk), but in the absense of any other known Uralic cognates, the irregular vowel correspondence between the Nenets forms, and the competing common Samoyedic term тыра (tira) (from *tïrå), a relationship is unlikely. The word shows several points of similarity with *suormë (“finger”), but no derivational relationship is identifiable.

Noun

*čormë

  1. fist

Inflection

Even
Nominative *čormë
Genitive *čor̯m̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *čormë *čor̯m̯ëk
Accusative *čor̯m̯ëm *čor̯m̯ëjtē
Partitive *čormëtē
Genitive *čor̯m̯ën *čor̯m̯ëj
Essive *čormënē *čor̯m̯ëjnē
Inessive *čor̯m̯ësnē
Elative *čor̯m̯ëstē *čor̯m̯ëjstē
Illative *čormës̯ën —
Comitative *čor̯m̯ëjnē
*čor̯m̯ëjnë 		—
Abessive *čor̯m̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: tjarme
    • Ume Sami: tjårbma
    • Pite Sami: tjårbmå
    • Lule Sami: tjårmmå
    • Northern Sami: čorbma
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: čurmâ
    • Skolt Sami: čormm

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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