Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ëkē

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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *ikä; a doublet of *jëkē (year).

Noun edit

*ëkē

  1. age

Inflection edit

Even
Nominative *ëkē
Genitive *ëk̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *ëkē *ëk̯ēk
Accusative *ëk̯ēm *ëk̯ijtē
Partitive *ëkētē
Genitive *ëk̯ēn *ëk̯ij
Essive *ëkēnē *ëk̯ijnē
Inessive *ëk̯ēsnē
Elative *ëk̯ēstē *ëk̯ijstē
Illative *ëkās̯ën
Comitative *ëk̯ijnē
*ëk̯ijnë
Abessive *ëk̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants edit

  • Western Samic:
    • Pite Sami: ahke
    • Lule Sami: ahke
    • Northern Sami: ahki
  • Eastern Samic:

Further reading edit

  • 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