Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/mālē

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

Noun

*mālē

1. sap

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*mālē
Genitive	*māl̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mālē	*māl̯ēk
Accusative	*māl̯ēm	*māl̯ijtē
Partitive	*mālētē
Genitive	*māl̯ēn	*māl̯ij
Essive	*mālēnē	*māl̯ijnē
Inessive	*māl̯ēsnē
Elative	*māl̯ēstē	*māl̯ijstē
Illative	*mālās̯ën	—
Comitative	*māl̯ijnē *māl̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*māl̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: maelie
  • Ume Sami: mállie
  • Pite Sami: málle
  • Lule Sami: málle
  • Northern Sami: málli
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: määḷi
  • Skolt Sami: määʹll
  • Kildin Sami: ма̄лль (māll’)
  • Ter Sami: malle

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