Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ńukčë

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

From Proto-Uralic *joŋkće. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *jouc'ën.

Noun

*ńukčë

  1. swan

Inflection

Even
Nominative *ńukčë
Genitive *ńuk̯č̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *ńukčë *ńuk̯č̯ëk
Accusative *ńuk̯č̯ëm *ńuk̯č̯ëjtē
Partitive *ńukčëtē
Genitive *ńuk̯č̯ën *ńuk̯č̯ëj
Essive *ńukčënē *ńuk̯č̯ëjnē
Inessive *ńuk̯č̯ësnē
Elative *ńuk̯č̯ëstē *ńuk̯č̯ëjstē
Illative *ńukčës̯ën —
Comitative *ńuk̯č̯ëjnē
*ńuk̯č̯ëjnë 		—
Abessive *ńuk̯č̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: njoktje
    • Ume Sami: njukttja
    • Pite Sami: njukktja
    • Lule Sami: sjnjuktja (with unetymological s)
    • Northern Sami: njukča
  • Eastern Samic:

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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