Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/nālē

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.

Noun

*nālē[1]

  1. kind, sort
  2. manner, way

Inflection

Even
Nominative *nālē
Genitive *nāl̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *nālē *nāl̯ēk
Accusative *nāl̯ēm *nāl̯ijtē
Partitive *nālētē
Genitive *nāl̯ēn *nāl̯ij
Essive *nālēnē *nāl̯ijnē
Inessive *nāl̯ēsnē
Elative *nāl̯ēstē *nāl̯ijstē
Illative *nālās̯ën
Comitative *nāl̯ijnē
*nāl̯ijnë
Abessive *nāl̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: naelie
    • Lule Sami: nálle
    • Northern Sami: nálli
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: nääḷi
    • Skolt Sami: nääʹll
    • Kildin Sami: на̄лль (nāll’)
    • Ter Sami: [script needed] (nal̜l̜e)
  • Finnish: (dialectal) naala
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: nuala
    • South Karelian: nuala

References

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