Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/cuoncë

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

*cuoncë

1. skin

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*cuoncë
Genitive	*cuon̯c̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*cuoncë	*cuon̯c̯ëk
Accusative	*cuon̯c̯ëm	*cuon̯c̯ëjtē
Partitive	*cuoncëtē
Genitive	*cuon̯c̯ën	*cuon̯c̯ëj
Essive	*cuoncënē	*cuon̯c̯ëjnē
Inessive	*cuon̯c̯ësnē
Elative	*cuon̯c̯ëstē	*cuon̯c̯ëjstē
Illative	*cuoncës̯ën	—
Comitative	*cuon̯c̯ëjnē *cuon̯c̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*cuon̯c̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: tsoedtse
  • Ume Sami: tsuadˈtsa
  • Pite Sami: tsuadˈtsa
  • Lule Sami: tsuodtsa
  • Northern Sami: cuozza
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: cuozˈzâ
  • Skolt Sami: cuõʒˈʒ
  • Kildin Sami: цӯннц (cūnnc)

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