Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/tulvē

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

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *tulva.

Noun

*tulvē

1. flood

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*tulvē
Genitive	*tul̯v̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tulvē	*tul̯v̯ēk
Accusative	*tul̯v̯ēm	*tul̯v̯ijtē
Partitive	*tulvētē
Genitive	*tul̯v̯ēn	*tul̯v̯ij
Essive	*tulvēnē	*tul̯v̯ijnē
Inessive	*tul̯v̯ēsnē
Elative	*tul̯v̯ēstē	*tul̯v̯ijstē
Illative	*tulvās̯ën	—
Comitative	*tul̯v̯ijnē *tul̯v̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*tul̯v̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: dulvie
  • Ume Sami: dülvvie
  • Pite Sami: dullve
  • Lule Sami: dulvve
  • Northern Sami: dulvi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: tulve
  • Skolt Sami: tuʹlvv
  • Akkala Sami: тулльв (tull’v)
  • Kildin Sami: тулльв (tull’v)
  • Ter Sami: тулльве

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