Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kolmë

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

Proto-Samic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *kolmë     Ordinal : *koalmāntë

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kolme.

Numeral

*kolmë

1. three

Inflection

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: golme
  • Ume Sami: gulbma
  • Pite Sami: gålbmå
  • Lule Sami: gålmmå
  • Northern Sami: golbma
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kulmâ
  • Skolt Sami: koumm, kolmm
  • Akkala Sami: коум (koum)
  • Kildin Sami: ко̄ллм (kōllm)
  • Ter Sami: kollm

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
• P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 118