Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ńuolë

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 *ńële.

Noun

*ńuolë

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Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ńuolë
Genitive	*ńuol̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ńuolë	*ńuol̯ëk
Accusative	*ńuol̯ëm	*ńuol̯ëjtē
Partitive	*ńuolëtē
Genitive	*ńuol̯ën	*ńuol̯ëj
Essive	*ńuolënē	*ńuol̯ëjnē
Inessive	*ńuol̯ësnē
Elative	*ńuol̯ëstē	*ńuol̯ëjstē
Illative	*ńuolës̯ën	—
Comitative	*ńuol̯ëjnē *ńuol̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*ńuol̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: njoele
  • Ume Sami: njualla
  • Pite Sami: njuolla
  • Lule Sami: njuolla
  • Northern Sami: njuolla
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: njuoḷâ
  • Skolt Sami: njuõll
  • Kildin Sami: ню̄лл (njūll)
  • Ter Sami: ньы̄лл (njï̄ll)

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