Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/oasē

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-Finnic *osa (“part, share”).

Noun

*oasē

1. part

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*oasē
Genitive	*oas̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*oasē	*oas̯ēk
Accusative	*oas̯ēm	*oas̯ijtē
Partitive	*oasētē
Genitive	*oas̯ēn	*oas̯ij
Essive	*oasēnē	*oas̯ijnē
Inessive	*oas̯ēsnē
Elative	*oas̯ēstē	*oas̯ijstē
Illative	*oasās̯ën	—
Comitative	*oas̯ijnē *oas̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*oas̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: åesie
  • Ume Sami: å̄ssie
  • Pite Sami: å̄sse
  • Lule Sami: oasse
  • Northern Sami: oassi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: uási
  • Skolt Sami: vuẹʹss
  • Kildin Sami: вуэссь (vuess’)

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