Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/këńël

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 *küńele. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *küünel.

Noun

*këńël

  1. tear (eye liquid)

Inflection

Odd
Nominative *këń̯ël
Genitive *këńël̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *këń̯ël *këńël̯ëk
Accusative *këńël̯ëm *këńël̯ëjtē
Partitive *këń̯ëltē
Genitive *këńël̯ën *këńël̯ëj
Essive *këń̯ëlnē *këńël̯ëjnē
Inessive *këńël̯ësnē
Elative *këńël̯ëstē *këńël̯ëjstē
Illative *këń̯ël̯s̯ën —
Comitative *këńël̯ëjnē
*këńël̯ëjnë 		—
Abessive *këńël̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: gïknjele
    • Lule Sami: ganjál
    • Northern Sami: ganjal
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: koonjâl
    • Skolt Sami: kõõnjâl
    • Akkala Sami: кы̄нял (kȳnjal)
    • Kildin Sami: кэ̄нял (kēnjal)
    • Ter Sami: kânjl

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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