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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/muosē

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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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Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*mōsą), from Proto-Germanic *mōsą.[1]

Noun

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*muosē

  1. food

Inflection

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Even
Nominative *muosē
Genitive *muos̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *muosē *muos̯ēk
Accusative *muos̯ēm *muos̯ijtē
Partitive *muosētē
Genitive *muos̯ēn *muos̯ij
Essive *muosēnē *muos̯ijnē
Inessive *muos̯ēsnē
Elative *muos̯ēstē *muos̯ijstē
Illative *muosās̯ën
Comitative *muos̯ijnē
*muos̯ijnë
Abessive *muos̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants

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  • Western Samic:
    • Lule Sami: muosse (a bit of food to taste, taste)
    • Northern Sami: muossi (a bit of food to taste, rest, quiet)
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: myesi (rest, quiet)

References

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  1. ^ Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte (Aikio, Ante). 2020. Loanwords from Unattested Nordic Source Forms in Saami. Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2020 (65):5–24.