Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ńuonē

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

From earlier *ńana, cognate with Proto-Finnic *nana, further origin unknown. Compare variant *ńunē.

Noun

*ńuonē

  1. nose

Inflection

Even
Nominative *ńuonē
Genitive *ńuon̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *ńuonē *ńuon̯ēk
Accusative *ńuon̯ēm *ńuon̯ijtē
Partitive *ńuonētē
Genitive *ńuon̯ēn *ńuon̯ij
Essive *ńuonēnē *ńuon̯ijnē
Inessive *ńuon̯ēsnē
Elative *ńuon̯ēstē *ńuon̯ijstē
Illative *ńuonās̯ën —
Comitative *ńuon̯ijnē
*ńuon̯ijnë 		—
Abessive *ńuon̯ēptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: njuenie
    • Ume Sami: njuönies
    • Pite Sami: njuonne, njuonnje

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
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