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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kuoplë

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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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From Pre-Samic *kapli, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skabalō- (whence Faroese skalvur, Icelandic skafl).[1]

Noun

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*kuoplë

  1. overhanging snowdrift

Inflection

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Even
Nominative *kuoplë
Genitive *kuop̯l̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *kuoplë *kuop̯l̯ëk
Accusative *kuop̯l̯ëm *kuop̯l̯ëjtē
Partitive *kuoplëtē
Genitive *kuop̯l̯ën *kuop̯l̯ëj
Essive *kuoplënē *kuop̯l̯ëjnē
Inessive *kuop̯l̯ësnē
Elative *kuop̯l̯ëstē *kuop̯l̯ëjstē
Illative *kuoplës̯ën
Comitative *kuop̯l̯ëjnē
*kuop̯l̯ëjnë
Abessive *kuop̯l̯ëptāk̯ëk

Descendants

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  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: goeble
    • Ume Sami: guabˈla
    • Pite Sami: guabbla
    • Lule Sami: guoblla
    • Northern Sami: guovla
  • 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

References

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  1. ^ Aikio, A. (2006). On Germanic-Saami contacts and Saami prehistory. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja, 2006(91), 9–55.