Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kuorpë
Proto-Samic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *korpe. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *korpi and Proto-Samoyedic *kårpǝ.
Noun
*kuorpë
- land ravaged by a forest fire
Inflection
| Even | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *kuorpë | |
| Genitive | *kuor̯p̯ën | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *kuorpë | *kuor̯p̯ëk |
| Accusative | *kuor̯p̯ëm | *kuor̯p̯ëjtē |
| Partitive | *kuorpëtē | |
| Genitive | *kuor̯p̯ën | *kuor̯p̯ëj |
| Essive | *kuorpënē | *kuor̯p̯ëjnē |
| Inessive | *kuor̯p̯ësnē | |
| Elative | *kuor̯p̯ëstē | *kuor̯p̯ëjstē |
| Illative | *kuorpës̯ën | — |
| Comitative | *kuor̯p̯ëjnē *kuor̯p̯ëjnë |
— |
| Abessive | *kuor̯p̯ëptāk̯ëk | — |
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: goerpe
- Ume Sami: guarbba
- Lule Sami: guorbba
- Eastern Samic:
- Skolt Sami: kuõrbb
- Kildin Sami:
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
References
- Aikio Ante: "Studies in Uralic Etymology" [2]