Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kuolë

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 earlier *kali, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skal-.

Noun

*kuolë

1. testicle

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*kuolë
Genitive	*kuol̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kuolë	*kuol̯ëk
Accusative	*kuol̯ëm	*kuol̯ëjtē
Partitive	*kuolëtē
Genitive	*kuol̯ën	*kuol̯ëj
Essive	*kuolënē	*kuol̯ëjnē
Inessive	*kuol̯ësnē
Elative	*kuol̯ëstē	*kuol̯ëjstē
Illative	*kuolës̯ën	—
Comitative	*kuol̯ëjnē *kuol̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*kuol̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: goele
  • Ume Sami: gualla
  • Pite Sami: guolla
  • Lule Sami: guolla
  • Northern Sami: guolla
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kuola
  • Skolt Sami: kuõl pl
  • Kildin Sami: кӯлл (kūll)
  • Ter Sami: kïll

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