Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kulmē

Proto-Samic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *kulma (Finnish kulma and Estonian kulm), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kuľma.

Noun

*kulmē

1. eyebrow

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*kulmē
Genitive	*kul̯m̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kulmē	*kul̯m̯ēk
Accusative	*kul̯m̯ēm	*kul̯m̯ijtē
Partitive	*kulmētē
Genitive	*kul̯m̯ēn	*kul̯m̯ij
Essive	*kulmēnē	*kul̯m̯ijnē
Inessive	*kul̯m̯ēsnē
Elative	*kul̯m̯ēstē	*kul̯m̯ijstē
Illative	*kulmās̯ën	—
Comitative	*kul̯m̯ijnē *kul̯m̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*kul̯m̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Ume Sami: gülbmee
  • Lule Sami: gulmme
  • Northern Sami: gulbmi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kulme
  • Skolt Sami: ku´lmm
  • Kildin Sami: кулльм (kull’m)
  • Ter Sami: [script needed] (kul̜̄me)

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