Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/tïrå-

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *cïrå-

Etymology

Uncertain. Has been compared with Proto-Uralic *šorwa (dry)[1], but the correspondence is irregular. Alternatively, perhaps related to Proto-Turkic *tïgïŕ (firm, tough).

Verb

*tïrå-[2]

  1. to dry out
  2. to harden

Descendants

  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: тыраҫь (tiraš')[3]
  • Nenets:
  • Mator: тири (tiri, dried out; hard), тирибтə- (tiribtə-, to dry out)[6]

References

  1. ^ Entry #1011 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
  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 146
  4. ^ M. Y. Barmich, I. A. Vello (2002) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий (лесной диалект), Просвещение, →ISBN, page 131
  5. ^ N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 143
  6. ^ E. Helimski (1997) N. Beáta, editor, Die Matorische Sprache[2] (in German), Szeged: JATE Finnugor Tanszék, →ISBN, page 361