Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/kürə-

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

From Proto-Uralic *käwde[1], although the development of *-äw- to *-ü- is irregular (compare PSam *tärə ← PU *täwde).

Noun

*kürə-

  1. band, strap (for tightening something)

Descendants

  • Nganasan: кирими (kirimi)[2]
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: сюрˮ (syur)[3]

References

  1. ^ Ante Aikio (2006) “New and Old Samoyed Etymologies, Part 2”, in Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, pages 19-20
  2. ^ N. T. Kosterkina, A. C. Momde, T. Y. Zhdanova (2001) Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 65
  3. ^ N. M. Tereschenko (1965) Ненецко-русский словарь, Moscow: Советская Энциклопедия, page 509