Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/puojtē

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

From earlier *pajta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *faitaz.

Noun

*puojtē

1. fat

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*puojtē
Genitive	*puoj̯t̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*puojtē	*puoj̯t̯ēk
Accusative	*puoj̯t̯ēm	*puoj̯t̯ijtē
Partitive	*puojtētē
Genitive	*puoj̯t̯ēn	*puoj̯t̯ij
Essive	*puojtēnē	*puoj̯t̯ijnē
Inessive	*puoj̯t̯ēsnē
Elative	*puoj̯t̯ēstē	*puoj̯t̯ijstē
Illative	*puojtās̯ën	—
Comitative	*puoj̯t̯ijnē *puoj̯t̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*puoj̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: buajtehks
  • Ume Sami: büeidee
  • Pite Sami: buäjjde
  • Lule Sami: buojdde
  • Northern Sami: buoidi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: pyeiˈdi
  • Skolt Sami: pueiʹdd
  • Kildin Sami: пӯййт (pūjjt)
  • Ter Sami: pïjjde

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