Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/orēs

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 Proto-Uralic *urɜ. Cognate with Hungarian úr ("Mr, lord; man, husband, prince"), and Finnish uros ("male", "adult man").

Noun

*orēs

1. male

Inflection

Odd
Nominative	*or̯ēs
Genitive	*orās̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*or̯ēs	*orās̯ëk
Accusative	*orās̯ëm	*orās̯ëjtē
Partitive	*or̯ēstē
Genitive	*orās̯ën	*orās̯ëj
Essive	*or̯ēsnē	*orās̯ëjnē
Inessive	*orās̯ësnē
Elative	*orās̯ëstē	*orās̯ëjstē
Illative	*or̯ās̯s̯ën	—
Comitative	*orās̯ëjnē *orās̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*orās̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: urries
  • Ume Sami: årˈries
  • Pite Sami: åres
  • Lule Sami: åres
  • Northern Sami: varris (why va?)
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: ores
  • Skolt Sami: ååʹres
  • Kildin Sami: оаресь (år’es’)

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