Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ńukčë

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

From Proto-Uralic *joŋkće. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *jouc'ën.

Noun

*ńukčë

1. swan

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ńukčë
Genitive	*ńuk̯č̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ńukčë	*ńuk̯č̯ëk
Accusative	*ńuk̯č̯ëm	*ńuk̯č̯ëjtē
Partitive	*ńukčëtē
Genitive	*ńuk̯č̯ën	*ńuk̯č̯ëj
Essive	*ńukčënē	*ńuk̯č̯ëjnē
Inessive	*ńuk̯č̯ësnē
Elative	*ńuk̯č̯ëstē	*ńuk̯č̯ëjstē
Illative	*ńukčës̯ën	—
Comitative	*ńuk̯č̯ëjnē *ńuk̯č̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*ńuk̯č̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: njuktje
  • Ume Sami: njukttja
  • Pite Sami: njukktja
  • Lule Sami: sjnjuktja (with unetymological s)
  • Northern Sami: njukča
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: njuhčâ
  • Skolt Sami: njuhčč
  • Akkala Sami: нюххч (njuxxč)
  • Kildin Sami: нюххч (njuxxč)

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