Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/kɛlalni

This Proto-Permic 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.

This Proto-Permic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Permic

Etymology

From *kɛlni (“to plod”) +‎ *-alni.

Verb

*kɛlalni (stem *kɛlal-)

1. (intransitive) to plod here and there

Conjugation

Conjugation of *kɛlalni (stem: *kɛlal-)
Note: The Proto-Permic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
	Present	Future	Preterite	Perfect
1st singular	*kɛlala		*kɛlali	*kɛlalämi
2nd singular	*kɛlalad		*kɛlalid	*kɛlalämid
3rd singular	*kɛlalä	*kɛlalas	*kɛlali	*kɛlalämi
1st plural	*kɛlalami		*kɛlalimi	*kɛlalämmi
2nd plural	*kɛlaladi		*kɛlalidi	*kɛlalämdi
3rd plural	*kɛlala	*kɛlalazi	*kɛlali	*kɛlalämi
	Imperative	Connegative
Singular	*kɛlal		Infinitive	*kɛlalni
Plural	*kɛlalä		Gerund	*kɛlalman
	Present participle	Imperfect participle	Perfect participle	Caritive participle
	*kɛlaliś	*kɛlalan	*kɛlaläm	*kɛlaltäm

Descendants

• Komi:
  • Komi-Yazva: ке́лалнө (kélalnå)
  • Komi-Zyrian: келавны (kelavny)
• Udmurt: колылыны (kolylyny)

Further reading

• Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “кевны”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka