Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/mealē

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-Finno-Permic *melä.

Noun

*mealē

1. paddle

Inflection

Odd
Nominative	*mealē
Genitive	*meal̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mealē	*meal̯ēk
Accusative	*meal̯ēm	*meal̯ējtē
Partitive	*mealētē
Genitive	*meal̯ēn	*meal̯ēj
Essive	*mealēnē	*meal̯ējnē
Inessive	*meal̯ēsnē
Elative	*meal̯ēstē	*meal̯ējstē
Illative	*mealās̯ën	—
Comitative	*meal̯ējnē *meal̯ējnë	—
Abessive	*meal̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Lule Sami: mielle
  • Northern Sami: mealli
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: meeḷi
  • Skolt Sami: miẹ´ll

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