Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ńëlë

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

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Noun

*ńëlë

1. small storehouse built on one pillar

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ńëlë
Genitive	*ńël̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ńëlë	*ńël̯ëk
Accusative	*ńël̯ëm	*ńël̯ëjtē
Partitive	*ńëlëtē
Genitive	*ńël̯ën	*ńël̯ëj
Essive	*ńëlënē	*ńël̯ëjnē
Inessive	*ńël̯ësnē
Elative	*ńël̯ëstē	*ńël̯ëjstē
Illative	*ńëlës̯ën	—
Comitative	*ńël̯ëjnē *ńël̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*ńël̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: njalle
  • Pite Sami: njalla
  • Lule Sami: njalla
  • Northern Sami: njalla
    • → Swedish: njalla
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: njollâ
  • Skolt Sami: njõll
  • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (ńɛ̮лл-)
• → Finnish: nili