Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vëljē

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

*vëljē

1. plenty

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*vëljē
Genitive	*vël̯j̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*vëljē	*vël̯j̯ēk
Accusative	*vël̯j̯ēm	*vël̯j̯ijtē
Partitive	*vëljētē
Genitive	*vël̯j̯ēn	*vël̯j̯ij
Essive	*vëljēnē	*vël̯j̯ijnē
Inessive	*vël̯j̯ēsnē
Elative	*vël̯j̯ēstē	*vël̯j̯ijstē
Illative	*vëljās̯ën	—
Comitative	*vël̯j̯ijnē *vël̯j̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*vël̯j̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: veljie
  • Ume Sami: valljie
  • Pite Sami: vallje
  • Lule Sami: vallje
  • Northern Sami: vallji
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: valje
  • Skolt Sami: vâʹllj

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