Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/keavŋēs

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. Probably borrowed from a substrate language.[1]

Noun

*keavŋēs

  1. big rapids, waterfall

Inflection

Even
Nominative *keav̯ŋ̯ēs
Genitive *keav̯ŋ̯ēsn
Singular Plural
Nominative *keav̯ŋ̯ēs *keav̯ŋ̯ēsk
Accusative *keav̯ŋ̯ēsm *keav̯ŋ̯ēsjtē
Partitive *keav̯ŋ̯ēstē
Genitive *keav̯ŋ̯ēsn *keav̯ŋ̯ēsj
Essive *keav̯ŋ̯ēsnē *keav̯ŋ̯ēsjnē
Inessive *keav̯ŋ̯ēssnē
Elative *keav̯ŋ̯ēsstē *keav̯ŋ̯ēsjstē
Illative *keav̯ŋ̯ēs̯s̯ën —
Comitative *keav̯ŋ̯ēsjnē
*keav̯ŋ̯ēsjnë 		—
Abessive *keav̯ŋ̯ēsptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Northern Sami: geavŋŋis
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: kievŋis
    • Skolt Sami: ǩeeuʹŋes
  • → Finnish: köngäs

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante (2012) An Essay on Saami Ethnolinguistic Prehistory. A Linguistic Map of Prehistoric Northern Europe. Ed. by Grünthal, Riho; Kallio, Petri. Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne. Suomalais-ugrilainen seura. 63-117.
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