Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/(s)tālō

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

Noun

*(s)tālō

1. giant

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*(s)tālō
Genitive	*(s)tāl̯ōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*(s)tālō	*(s)tāl̯ōk
Accusative	*(s)tāl̯ōm	*(s)tāl̯ōjtē
Partitive	*(s)tālōtē
Genitive	*(s)tāl̯ōn	*(s)tāl̯ōj
Essive	*(s)tālōnē	*(s)tāl̯ōjnē
Inessive	*(s)tāl̯ōsnē
Elative	*(s)tāl̯ōstē	*(s)tāl̯ōjstē
Illative	*(s)tālus̯ën	—
Comitative	*(s)tāl̯ōjnē *(s)tāl̯ujnë	—
Abessive	*(s)tāl̯ōptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: staaloe
  • Ume Sami: stálluo
  • Pite Sami: stállo
  • Lule Sami: stállo
  • Northern Sami: stállu
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: stáálu
  • Skolt Sami: stääll
  • Kildin Sami: та̄лл (tāll, “bear”)

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