Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/lāvō

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

Etymology

Derived from the same root as Southern Sami laeviehtidh (“to cover (with earth or snow)”) and Lule Sami lávvot (“to cover completely (e.g. a tent with a tent cloth”).

Noun

*lāvō

1. Sami tent

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*lāvō
Genitive	*lāv̯ōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lāvō	*lāv̯ōk
Accusative	*lāv̯ōm	*lāv̯ōjtē
Partitive	*lāvōtē
Genitive	*lāv̯ōn	*lāv̯ōj
Essive	*lāvōnē	*lāv̯ōjnē
Inessive	*lāv̯ōsnē
Elative	*lāv̯ōstē	*lāv̯ōjstē
Illative	*lāvus̯ën	—
Comitative	*lāv̯ōjnē *lāv̯ujnë	—
Abessive	*lāv̯ōptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Lule Sami: lávvo
  • Northern Sami: lávvu
    • → English: lavvu
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: lááṿu
  • Skolt Sami: laavv- (in compound: laavvpiẹʹll)
  • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (lāvv)
• → Finnish: laavu