Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/nëkēr

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

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Noun

*nëkēr

1. dream (imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping)

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*nëk̯ēr
Genitive	*nëk̯ērn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nëk̯ēr	*nëk̯ērk
Accusative	*nëk̯ērm	*nëk̯ērjtē
Partitive	*nëk̯ērtē
Genitive	*nëk̯ērn	*nëk̯ērj
Essive	*nëk̯ērnē	*nëk̯ērjnē
Inessive	*nëk̯ērsnē
Elative	*nëk̯ērstē	*nëk̯ērjstē
Illative	*nëk̯ēr̯s̯ën	—
Comitative	*nëk̯ērjnē *nëk̯ērjnë	—
Abessive	*nëk̯ērptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: næhkere
  • Ume Sami: nihkèr
  • Pite Sami: nakier
  • Lule Sami: nager
  • Northern Sami: nagir
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: naṿer
  • Skolt Sami: nââʹer
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (naγer)
  • Kildin Sami: нагерь (nagjer’)
  • Ter Sami: нагерь (nâgʼerʼ)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ne̮ɢēr”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland