Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/roavē

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

*roavē

1. burnt land

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*roavē
Genitive	*roav̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*roavē	*roav̯ēk
Accusative	*roav̯ēm	*roav̯ijtē
Partitive	*roavētē
Genitive	*roav̯ēn	*roav̯ij
Essive	*roavēnē	*roav̯ijnē
Inessive	*roav̯ēsnē
Elative	*roav̯ēstē	*roav̯ijstē
Illative	*roavās̯ën	—
Comitative	*roav̯ijnē *roav̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*roav̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: råevie
  • Ume Sami: rå̄vvie
  • Pite Sami: rå̄vve
  • Lule Sami: roavve
  • Northern Sami: roavvi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: ruávi
  • Skolt Sami: ruẹʹvv

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