Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/cåŋå-
Proto-Samoyedic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Uralic *čaŋa- (“to strike, beat, rub”).
Verb edit
*cåŋå-
- (transitive) to rub
- (transitive) to wear out
Descendants edit
- Nenets:
- Tundra Nenets: тангабась (tangabaś)
Related terms edit
References edit
- Ante Aikio (2002) “New and Old Samoyed Etymologies”, in Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, page 11