Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kuńa-

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Verb

*kuńa-

1. close (eyes)
2. blink

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *kəjə
  • Nenets
    • Tundra Nenets: хӑя̆сь (xăyăsʹ°)
  • Selkup:
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: ӄа́егу
      • Upper Ob: каайгу
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: huny
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: хонюӈкве (honûňkwe)
• Proto-Permic: *kuńni (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *końəms (“to close, shut one's eyes”)
  • Erzya: конямс (końams)
  • Moksha: конемс (końems)
• >? Proto-Mordvinic: *końə (“forehead”)
  • >? Erzya: коня (końa)
  • >? Moksha: коня (końa)

Further reading

• Entry #406 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.