Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/eamē

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 *emä.

Noun

*eamē

1. mother

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*eamē
Genitive	*eam̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*eamē	*eam̯ēk
Accusative	*eam̯ēm	*eam̯ijtē
Partitive	*eamētē
Genitive	*eam̯ēn	*eam̯ij
Essive	*eamēnē	*eam̯ijnē
Inessive	*eam̯ēsnē
Elative	*eam̯ēstē	*eam̯ijstē
Illative	*eamās̯ën	—
Comitative	*eam̯ijnē *eam̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*eam̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Synonyms

• *eannē

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: jiemie
  • Pite Sami: iebme
  • Northern Sami: eapmi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: eemi
  • Ter Sami: йиэмме (jiemmʼe)

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