Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kārtē

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*gardaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *gardaz.

Noun

*kārtē

1. fenced enclosure, corral

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*kārtē
Genitive	*kār̯t̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kārtē	*kār̯t̯ēk
Accusative	*kār̯t̯ēm	*kār̯t̯ijtē
Partitive	*kārtētē
Genitive	*kār̯t̯ēn	*kār̯t̯ij
Essive	*kārtēnē	*kār̯t̯ijnē
Inessive	*kār̯t̯ēsnē
Elative	*kār̯t̯ēstē	*kār̯t̯ijstē
Illative	*kārtās̯ën	—
Comitative	*kār̯t̯ijnē *kār̯t̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*kār̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: gaertie
  • Ume Sami: gárddie
  • Pite Sami: gärrda
  • Lule Sami: gárdde
  • Northern Sami: gárdi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kärdi
  • Skolt Sami: käʹrdd
  • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (kā͕r̜̄ᵈtᴱ)
  • Ter Sami: [script needed] (kǡr̜̄ᵈt̜ɛ)

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