Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/tāplē

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

Cognate with Proto-Finnic *täplä.

Noun

*tāplē

1. spot, speck

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*tāplē
Genitive	*tāp̯l̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tāplē	*tāp̯l̯ēk
Accusative	*tāp̯l̯ēm	*tāp̯l̯ijtē
Partitive	*tāplētē
Genitive	*tāp̯l̯ēn	*tāp̯l̯ij
Essive	*tāplēnē	*tāp̯l̯ijnē
Inessive	*tāp̯l̯ēsnē
Elative	*tāp̯l̯ēstē	*tāp̯l̯ijstē
Illative	*tāplās̯ën	—
Comitative	*tāp̯l̯ijnē *tāp̯l̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*tāp̯l̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Lule Sami: dablle
  • Northern Sami: dávli
• Eastern Samic:
  • Skolt Sami: täʹbll
  • Kildin Sami:

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