Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vëljē

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

Cognate with Proto-Finnic *vilja, borrowed from an Indo-European language, compare Russian обилие (obilije) and Czech obilí.

Noun

*vëljē

  1. plenty

Inflection

Even
Nominative *vëljē
Genitive *vël̯j̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *vëljē *vël̯j̯ēk
Accusative *vël̯j̯ēm *vël̯j̯ijtē
Partitive *vëljētē
Genitive *vël̯j̯ēn *vël̯j̯ij
Essive *vëljēnē *vël̯j̯ijnē
Inessive *vël̯j̯ēsnē
Elative *vël̯j̯ēstē *vël̯j̯ijstē
Illative *vëljās̯ën —
Comitative *vël̯j̯ijnē
*vël̯j̯ijnë 		—
Abessive *vël̯j̯ēptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: veljie
    • Ume Sami: valljie
    • Pite Sami: vallje
    • Lule Sami: vallje
    • Northern Sami: vallji
  • 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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