Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/seaŋāńčë

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

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Noun

*seaŋāńčë

1. coarse snow

Inflection

Odd
Nominative	*seaŋ̯āńčë
Genitive	*seaŋ̯āń̯č̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*seaŋ̯āńčë	*seaŋ̯āń̯č̯ëk
Accusative	*seaŋ̯āń̯č̯ëm	*seaŋ̯āń̯č̯ëjtē
Partitive	*seaŋ̯āńčëtē
Genitive	*seaŋ̯āń̯č̯ën	*seaŋ̯āń̯č̯ëj
Essive	*seaŋ̯āńčënē	*seaŋ̯āń̯č̯ëjnē
Inessive	*seaŋ̯āń̯č̯ësnē
Elative	*seaŋ̯āń̯č̯ëstē	*seaŋ̯āń̯č̯ëjstē
Illative	*seaŋ̯āńčës̯ën	—
Comitative	*seaŋ̯āń̯č̯ëjnē *seaŋ̯āń̯č̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*seaŋ̯āń̯č̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Pite Sami: sieŋatj
  • Lule Sami: säŋásj
  • Northern Sami: seaŋáš
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: seŋes
  • Skolt Sami:
  • Kildin Sami:
  • Ter Sami: sïenâč

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