Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/imē

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 *imɜ.

Noun

*imē

1. wife of one's uncle

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*imē
Genitive	*im̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*imē	*im̯ēk
Accusative	*im̯ēm	*im̯ijtē
Partitive	*imētē
Genitive	*im̯ēn	*im̯ij
Essive	*imēnē	*im̯ijnē
Inessive	*im̯ēsnē
Elative	*im̯ēstē	*im̯ijstē
Illative	*imās̯ën	—
Comitative	*im̯ijnē *im̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*im̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: jijmie
  • Ume Sami:
  • Pite Sami: ibme
  • Lule Sami: ibme
  • Northern Sami: ipmi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: iṃe
  • Skolt Sami: eʹmm
  • Kildin Sami:

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