Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/leakē

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

Noun

*leakē

1. valley

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*leakē
Genitive	*leak̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*leakē	*leak̯ēk
Accusative	*leak̯ēm	*leak̯ijtē
Partitive	*leakētē
Genitive	*leak̯ēn	*leak̯ij
Essive	*leakēnē	*leak̯ijnē
Inessive	*leak̯ēsnē
Elative	*leak̯ēstē	*leak̯ijstē
Illative	*leakās̯ën	—
Comitative	*leak̯ijnē *leak̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*leak̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: liekie
  • Pite Sami: liehke
  • Lule Sami: liehke
  • Northern Sami: leahki
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: leehi
  • Skolt Sami: liẹʹǩǩ
  • 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