Reconstruction:Proto-Selkup/küšə

This Proto-Selkup 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-Selkup

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *kunsə, from Proto-Uralic *kuńśe.

Noun

*küšə

1. urine

Descendants

• Northern Selkup: кӱшы (küšy, “urine”) ⇒ кӱшыӄo (küšyqo, “to urinate”)
• Southern Selkup:
  • Narym: кӱж, кӧж (“urine”) ⇒ кӱжэгу (“to urinate”)
  • Upper Ob: кіз (“urine”) ⇒ кізгу (“to urinate”)

References

• T. Janurik (2023) “A protoszölkup nyelvállapot és fejleményei. Elektronikus kézirat.”, in Szamojéd Tudástár‎^[1] (in Hungarian), page 25