Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/pulkkē

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 Finnish pulkka, from Proto-Finnic *pulkka.

Noun

*pulkkē

1. pulk

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*pulkkē
Genitive	*pul̯k̯k̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pulkkē	*pul̯k̯k̯ēk
Accusative	*pul̯k̯k̯ēm	*pul̯k̯k̯ijtē
Partitive	*pulkkētē
Genitive	*pul̯k̯k̯ēn	*pul̯k̯k̯ij
Essive	*pulkkēnē	*pul̯k̯k̯ijnē
Inessive	*pul̯k̯k̯ēsnē
Elative	*pul̯k̯k̯ēstē	*pul̯k̯k̯ijstē
Illative	*pulkkās̯ën	—
Comitative	*pul̯k̯k̯ijnē *pul̯k̯k̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*pul̯k̯k̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Ume Sami:
  • Pite Sami: bullke
  • Lule Sami: bulkke
  • Northern Sami: bulki
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: pulkke
  • Skolt Sami: [Term?] (po̬l̜̀ʿḱ͕ḱ͕ᴱ)
  • Kildin Sami: пуӆӆьк (pul̥l̥’k) (obsolete)
  • Ter Sami: пуӆӆьке

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