Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/ńåə-

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ńale-.

Verb

*ńåə-

1. to lick

Descendants

• Nganasan: нөньдетәса (nönʹdjetəsa), Nganasan: [script needed] (ńəntəsa-)
• Enets:
  • Forest Enets: насуҫь
• Nenets:
  • Forest Nenets: нянсаш (ńānsaś)
  • Tundra Nenets: нянзась (ńāncəś)
• Selkup:
  • Northern Selkup: ню̄ӄо (njūqo), нӱкылӄо (nükylqo)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym: нӱ́голгу (nǘgolgu), арӈю́гэлгу
    • Chulym: нюугллэгу
• Kamassian: нӱзат (nüzat)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.