Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vājvē

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 *vaiva.

Noun

*vājvē

1. illness

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*vājvē
Genitive	*vāj̯v̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*vājvē	*vāj̯v̯ēk
Accusative	*vāj̯v̯ēm	*vāj̯v̯ijtē
Partitive	*vājvētē
Genitive	*vāj̯v̯ēn	*vāj̯v̯ij
Essive	*vājvēnē	*vāj̯v̯ijnē
Inessive	*vāj̯v̯ēsnē
Elative	*vāj̯v̯ēstē	*vāj̯v̯ijstē
Illative	*vājvās̯ën	—
Comitative	*vāj̯v̯ijnē *vāj̯v̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*vāj̯v̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: vaejvie
  • Ume Sami: vájvvie
  • Pite Sami: vájjve
  • Lule Sami: vájvve
  • Northern Sami: váivi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: väivi
  • Skolt Sami: väiʹvv
  • Kildin Sami: ва̄ййв (vājjv)
  • Ter Sami: vajjve

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