Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ritë

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

*ritë

1. innards
2. half carcass

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ritë
Genitive	*rit̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ritë	*rit̯ëk
Accusative	*rit̯ëm	*rit̯ëjtē
Partitive	*ritëtē
Genitive	*rit̯ën	*rit̯ëj
Essive	*ritënē	*rit̯ëjnē
Inessive	*rit̯ësnē
Elative	*rit̯ëstē	*rit̯ëjstē
Illative	*ritës̯ën	—
Comitative	*rit̯ëjnē *rit̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*rit̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Ume Sami: rïjdda
  • Pite Sami: rihta
  • Lule Sami: rihta
  • Northern Sami: rihta
• Eastern Samic:
  • Ter Sami: rïtt

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