Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/nāvtē

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

Noun

*nāvtē

1. predator

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*nāvtē
Genitive	*nāv̯t̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nāvtē	*nāv̯t̯ēk
Accusative	*nāv̯t̯ēm	*nāv̯t̯ijtē
Partitive	*nāvtētē
Genitive	*nāv̯t̯ēn	*nāv̯t̯ij
Essive	*nāvtēnē	*nāv̯t̯ijnē
Inessive	*nāv̯t̯ēsnē
Elative	*nāv̯t̯ēstē	*nāv̯t̯ijstē
Illative	*nāvtās̯ën	—
Comitative	*nāv̯t̯ijnē *nāv̯t̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*nāv̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Ume Sami: návddie
  • Pite Sami: návvde
  • Lule Sami: návdde
  • Northern Sami: návdi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: nävdi
  • Skolt Sami: näuʹdd
  • Kildin Sami: на̄ввьт (nāvv’t)

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