Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ńālmē

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-Finno-Ugric *ńälmä.

Noun

*ńālmē

1. mouth

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ńālmē
Genitive	*ńāl̯m̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ńālmē	*ńāl̯m̯ēk
Accusative	*ńāl̯m̯ēm	*ńāl̯m̯ijtē
Partitive	*ńālmētē
Genitive	*ńāl̯m̯ēn	*ńāl̯m̯ij
Essive	*ńālmēnē	*ńāl̯m̯ijnē
Inessive	*ńāl̯m̯ēsnē
Elative	*ńāl̯m̯ēstē	*ńāl̯m̯ijstē
Illative	*ńālmās̯ën	—
Comitative	*ńāl̯m̯ijnē *ńāl̯m̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*ńāl̯m̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: njaelmie
  • Ume Sami: njálbmie
  • Pite Sami: njálbme
  • Lule Sami: njálmme
  • Northern Sami: njálbmi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: njälmi
  • Skolt Sami: njäʹlmm
  • Akkala Sami: ньӓлльмь (njäll’m’)
  • Kildin Sami: ня̄лльм (neall’m)
  • Ter Sami: njallʹme

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