Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ńińčē

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *ńimśä. In this case, cognate with Proto-Finnic *nisä and Proto-Samoyedic *ńimsä.

Noun

*ńińčē

1. breast

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ńińčē
Genitive	*ńiń̯č̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ńińčē	*ńiń̯č̯ēk
Accusative	*ńiń̯č̯ēm	*ńiń̯č̯ijtē
Partitive	*ńińčētē
Genitive	*ńiń̯č̯ēn	*ńiń̯č̯ij
Essive	*ńińčēnē	*ńiń̯č̯ijnē
Inessive	*ńiń̯č̯ēsnē
Elative	*ńiń̯č̯ēstē	*ńiń̯č̯ijstē
Illative	*ńińčās̯ën	—
Comitative	*ńiń̯č̯ijnē *ńiń̯č̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*ńiń̯č̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: njidtjie
  • Ume Sami: nidˈtjee
  • Pite Sami: njittjie
  • Lule Sami: njidtje
  • Northern Sami: njižži
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: njižže
  • Skolt Sami: njeʹǯǯ
  • Akkala Sami: ниннч (ninnč)
  • Kildin Sami: ниннч (ninnč)
  • Ter Sami: [script needed] (ńiń̄ᵈ́t́š́e)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ńińćē”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland