Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ńuokčëm

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

From Proto-Uralic *ńaŋkće.

Noun

*ńuokčëm

1. tongue

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ńuok̯č̯ëm
Genitive	*ńuok̯č̯ëmn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ńuok̯č̯ëm	*ńuok̯č̯ëmk
Accusative	*ńuok̯č̯ëmm	*ńuok̯č̯ëmjtē
Partitive	*ńuok̯č̯ëmtē
Genitive	*ńuok̯č̯ëmn	*ńuok̯č̯ëmj
Essive	*ńuok̯č̯ëmnē	*ńuok̯č̯ëmjnē
Inessive	*ńuok̯č̯ëmsnē
Elative	*ńuok̯č̯ëmstē	*ńuok̯č̯ëmjstē
Illative	*ńuok̯č̯ëm̯s̯ën	—
Comitative	*ńuok̯č̯ëmjnē *ńuok̯č̯ëmjnë	—
Abessive	*ńuok̯č̯ëmptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: njoektjeme
  • Ume Sami: njuaktjoo
  • Pite Sami: njuoktjam
  • Lule Sami: njuovtjav
  • Northern Sami: njuovčča
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: njuovčâ
  • Skolt Sami: njuhččâm
  • Akkala Sami: нюхчем (njuxč’em)
  • Kildin Sami: ню̄ххчемь (njūxxčjem’)
  • Ter Sami: ньыккчэм (njïkkčem)

Further reading

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