Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/puolčë

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 *palći, borrowed from Proto-Finnic *palci.

Noun

*puolčë[1]

  1. (moraine) ridge

Inflection

Even
Nominative *puolčë
Genitive *puol̯č̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *puolčë *puol̯č̯ëk
Accusative *puol̯č̯ëm *puol̯č̯ëjtē
Partitive *puolčëtē
Genitive *puol̯č̯ën *puol̯č̯ëj
Essive *puolčënē *puol̯č̯ëjnē
Inessive *puol̯č̯ësnē
Elative *puol̯č̯ëstē *puol̯č̯ëjstē
Illative *puolčës̯ën
Comitative *puol̯č̯ëjnē
*puol̯č̯ëjnë
Abessive *puol̯č̯ëptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Northern Sami: buolža
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: puolžâ
    • Skolt Sami: puolǯ
  • Finnish: (dialectal) pulju (esker), Pulju, Puljujärvi

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.

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