Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kuoplë

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 Pre-Samic *kapli, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skabalō- (whence Faroese skalvur, Icelandic skafl).

Noun

*kuoplë

1. overhanging snowdrift

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*kuoplë
Genitive	*kuop̯l̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kuoplë	*kuop̯l̯ëk
Accusative	*kuop̯l̯ëm	*kuop̯l̯ëjtē
Partitive	*kuoplëtē
Genitive	*kuop̯l̯ën	*kuop̯l̯ëj
Essive	*kuoplënē	*kuop̯l̯ëjnē
Inessive	*kuop̯l̯ësnē
Elative	*kuop̯l̯ëstē	*kuop̯l̯ëjstē
Illative	*kuoplës̯ën	—
Comitative	*kuop̯l̯ëjnē *kuop̯l̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*kuop̯l̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: goeble
  • Ume Sami: guabˈla
  • Pite Sami: guabbla
  • Lule Sami: guoblla
  • Northern Sami: guovla
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kuobˈlâ
  • Skolt Sami: kuõbll
  • Kildin Sami: kūʙ̄л (kūʙ̄l)
  • Ter Sami: [script needed] (ki̮b̄l)

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