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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kuovtē

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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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Noun

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*kuovtē

  1. snake

Inflection

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Even
Nominative *kuovtē
Genitive *kuov̯t̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *kuovtē *kuov̯t̯ēk
Accusative *kuov̯t̯ēm *kuov̯t̯ijtē
Partitive *kuovtētē
Genitive *kuov̯t̯ēn *kuov̯t̯ij
Essive *kuovtēnē *kuov̯t̯ijnē
Inessive *kuov̯t̯ēsnē
Elative *kuov̯t̯ēstē *kuov̯t̯ijstē
Illative *kuovtās̯ën
Comitative *kuov̯t̯ijnē
*kuov̯t̯ijnë
Abessive *kuov̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants

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  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: guevtie
    • Northern Sami: guovdi
  • 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