Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/loavtëk

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 *loavtētēk +‎ *-ëk.

Noun

*loavtëk

1. tent cloth

Inflection

Odd
Nominative	*loav̯t̯ëk
Genitive	*loavtëk̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*loav̯t̯ëk	*loavtëk̯ëk
Accusative	*loavtëk̯ëm	*loavtëk̯ëjtē
Partitive	*loav̯t̯ëktē
Genitive	*loavtëk̯ën	*loavtëk̯ëj
Essive	*loav̯t̯ëknē	*loavtëk̯ëjnē
Inessive	*loavtëk̯ësnē
Elative	*loavtëk̯ëstē	*loavtëk̯ëjstē
Illative	*loav̯t̯ëk̯s̯ën	—
Comitative	*loavtëk̯ëjnē *loavtëk̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*loavtëk̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: låavtege
  • Ume Sami:
  • Lule Sami: lå̄vda
  • Northern Sami: loavdda
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: loovdâ

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