Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/nᴕje-

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

Reconstruction

The first-syllable vowel is unclear: Hungarian points to *nëje- or *noje-, Enets and Nenets to *naje-, Mator to *noje-, Selkup to *naje- or *noje-.

Verb

*nᴕje-

1. to open

Descendants

• Samoyedic: *nåj-?
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: [script needed] (netebo)
    • Tundra Enets: [script needed] (nêtíbo), [script needed] (neete-)
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets: [script needed] (näeś)
    • Tundra Nenets: нэсь (næsy)
  • Selkup:
    • Northern Selkup: нӱӄа (nüqa)
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: нӧ́гу
      • Upper Ob: нюгу
  • Mator: [script needed] (ноймамъ)
• Hungarian: nyílik (“to open”) (intransitive), nyit (“to open”) (transitive)

References

• Helimski, Eugene. 1996. "Tágra nyíljék!" Ünnepi könyv Domokos Péter tiszteletére, ed. A. Bereczki, L. Klima. Budapest.