Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/suoppënjë
Proto-Samic
Etymology
Derived from the same root as *suoppëjëtēk (“to throw (momentative)”) and *suoppōtēk (“to throw (frequentative)”).[1]
Noun
*suoppënjë
- lasso (for catching reindeer)
Inflection
| Even | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *suop̯p̯ënjë | |
| Genitive | *suop̯p̯ën̯j̯ën | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *suop̯p̯ënjë | *suop̯p̯ën̯j̯ëk |
| Accusative | *suop̯p̯ën̯j̯ëm | *suop̯p̯ën̯j̯ëjtē |
| Partitive | *suop̯p̯ënjëtē | |
| Genitive | *suop̯p̯ën̯j̯ën | *suop̯p̯ën̯j̯ëj |
| Essive | *suop̯p̯ënjënē | *suop̯p̯ën̯j̯ëjnē |
| Inessive | *suop̯p̯ën̯j̯ësnē | |
| Elative | *suop̯p̯ën̯j̯ëstē | *suop̯p̯ën̯j̯ëjstē |
| Illative | *suop̯p̯ënjës̯ën | — |
| Comitative | *suop̯p̯ën̯j̯ëjnē *suop̯p̯ën̯j̯ëjnë |
— |
| Abessive | *suop̯p̯ën̯j̯ëptāk̯ëk | — |
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: soehpenje
- Pite Sami: sjuohpan
- Lule Sami: sjuohpan
- Northern Sami: suohpan
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: suoppânj
- → Finnish: suopunki
References
- ^ 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