Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čuomë

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 *śëme.

Noun

*čuomë

1. fish skin

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*čuomë
Genitive	*čuom̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*čuomë	*čuom̯ëk
Accusative	*čuom̯ëm	*čuom̯ëjtē
Partitive	*čuomëtē
Genitive	*čuom̯ën	*čuom̯ëj
Essive	*čuomënē	*čuom̯ëjnē
Inessive	*čuom̯ësnē
Elative	*čuom̯ëstē	*čuom̯ëjstē
Illative	*čuomës̯ën	—
Comitative	*čuom̯ëjnē *čuom̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*čuom̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: tjoeme
  • Ume Sami: tjuabma
  • Pite Sami: tjuobma
  • Lule Sami: tjuobma
  • Northern Sami: čuopma
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: čuoṃâ
  • Skolt Sami: čuõmm
  • Kildin Sami: чӯмм (čūmm)
  • Ter Sami: čïmm

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