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Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/kok

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This Proto-Mari 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-Mari

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Proto-Mari cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *kok
    Nominal : *koktə

Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *kakta. Cognates include Proto-Mordvinic *kavtə, Proto-Finnic *kakci, Proto-Samic *kuoktē and Proto-Permic *ku̇k.

Numeral

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*kok

  1. two

Descendants

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  • Eastern Mari: кок (kok)
  • Western Mari: кок (kok)

References

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  • Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.
  • Zhivlov, Mikhail. 2014. "Studies in Uralic vocalism III". In Journal of Language Relationship 12, pp. 113–148.