Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ńëvlē

Proto-Samic

Etymology

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Noun

*ńëvlē (ńëvlē)

1. slime

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ńëvlē
Genitive	*ńëv̯l̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ńëvlē	*ńëv̯l̯ēk
Accusative	*ńëv̯l̯ēm	*ńëv̯l̯ijtē
Partitive	*ńëvlētē
Genitive	*ńëv̯l̯ēn	*ńëv̯l̯ij
Essive	*ńëvlēnē	*ńëv̯l̯ijnē
Inessive	*ńëv̯l̯ēsnē
Elative	*ńëv̯l̯ēstē	*ńëv̯l̯ijstē
Illative	*ńëvlās̯ën	—
Comitative	*ńëv̯l̯ijnē *ńëv̯l̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*ńëv̯l̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: njevlie
  • Ume Sami: njaùlee
  • Pite Sami: njavˈlie
  • Lule Sami: njávlle
  • Northern Sami: njivli, njivlla
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: njivle
  • Skolt Sami: njeu´ll
  • Kildin Sami: ниввьл (nivv’l)

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