Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/lāvō

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

Derived from the same root as Southern Sami laeviehtidh (“to cover (with earth or snow)”) and Lule Sami lávvot (“to cover completely (e.g. a tent with a tent cloth”).[1]

Noun

*lāvō

  1. Sami tent

Inflection

Even
Nominative *lāvō
Genitive *lāv̯ōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *lāvō *lāv̯ōk
Accusative *lāv̯ōm *lāv̯ōjtē
Partitive *lāvōtē
Genitive *lāv̯ōn *lāv̯ōj
Essive *lāvōnē *lāv̯ōjnē
Inessive *lāv̯ōsnē
Elative *lāv̯ōstē *lāv̯ōjstē
Illative *lāvus̯ën —
Comitative *lāv̯ōjnē
*lāv̯ujnë 		—
Abessive *lāv̯ōptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Lule Sami: lávvo
    • Northern Sami: lávvu
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: lááṿu
    • Skolt Sami: laavv- (in compound: laavvpiẹʹll)
    • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (lāvv)
  • → Finnish: laavu

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.
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