Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ceavē

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

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Noun

*ceavē

1. snow that is dense enough to carry a reindeer

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ceavē
Genitive	*ceav̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ceavē	*ceav̯ēk
Accusative	*ceav̯ēm	*ceav̯ijtē
Partitive	*ceavētē
Genitive	*ceav̯ēn	*ceav̯ij
Essive	*ceavēnē	*ceav̯ijnē
Inessive	*ceav̯ēsnē
Elative	*ceav̯ēstē	*ceav̯ijstē
Illative	*ceavās̯ën	—
Comitative	*ceav̯ijnē *ceav̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*ceav̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: tsievie
  • Ume Sami: tsievvie
  • Pite Sami: tsievve
  • Lule Sami: tsievve
  • Northern Sami: ceavvi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: ceevi
  • Skolt Sami: ciẹʹvv
  • Kildin Sami:

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