Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/kårpǝ

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Uralic *korpe- (“to burn, scorch, blaze”).[1] Alternatively, borrowed from Proto-Tungusic *garpa (“ray, beam (of light)”).[2]

Noun

*kårpǝ

  1. northern lights

Descendants

  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: кабу (kabu)[3]
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: харп (xarp°)[4]

References

  1. ^ Ante Aikio (2002) “New and Old Samoyed Etymologies”, in Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, pages 15-16
  2. ^ Ante Aikio (2006) “New and Old Samoyed Etymologies, Part 2”, in Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, page 29
  3. ^ P. N. Sorokina (2001) C. D. Bolina, editor, Словарь Энецко-русский и Русско-Энецкий [Forest Enets-Russian and Russian-Forest Enets dictionary]‎[1], Saint-Petersburg, page 44
  4. ^ N. M. Tereschenko (1965) Ненецко-русский словарь, Moscow: Советская Энциклопедия, page 653
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