Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/suoppënjë

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

Derived from the same root as *suoppëjëtēk (to throw (momentative)) and *suoppōtēk (to throw (frequentative)).[1]

Noun

*suoppënjë

  1. 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

  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