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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kāllēs

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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

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Etymology

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Derived from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

Noun

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*kāllēs

  1. old man

Inflection

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Even
Nominative *kāl̯l̯ēs
Genitive *kāl̯l̯ēsn
Singular Plural
Nominative *kāl̯l̯ēs *kāl̯l̯ēsk
Accusative *kāl̯l̯ēsm *kāl̯l̯ēsjtē
Partitive *kāl̯l̯ēstē
Genitive *kāl̯l̯ēsn *kāl̯l̯ēsj
Essive *kāl̯l̯ēsnē *kāl̯l̯ēsjnē
Inessive *kāl̯l̯ēssnē
Elative *kāl̯l̯ēsstē *kāl̯l̯ēsjstē
Illative *kāl̯l̯ēs̯s̯ën
Comitative *kāl̯l̯ēsjnē
*kāl̯l̯ēsjnë
Abessive *kāl̯l̯ēsptāk̯ëk

Descendants

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  • Western Samic
    • Southern Sami: gaellies
    • Ume Sami: gàllès
    • Pite Sami: kaallies
    • Lule Sami: gálles
    • Northern Sami: gállis
  • Eastern Samic

Further reading

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  • 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