Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/oalē

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

*oalē

1. waterway

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*oalē
Genitive	*oal̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*oalē	*oal̯ēk
Accusative	*oal̯ēm	*oal̯ijtē
Partitive	*oalētē
Genitive	*oal̯ēn	*oal̯ij
Essive	*oalēnē	*oal̯ijnē
Inessive	*oal̯ēsnē
Elative	*oal̯ēstē	*oal̯ijstē
Illative	*oalās̯ën	—
Comitative	*oal̯ijnē *oal̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*oal̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: åelie
  • Lule Sami: oalle
  • Northern Sami: oalli
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: uális

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