Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/nealkē

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

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *nälkä. Possibly a doublet with *ńālkē.

Noun

*nealkē

1. hunger

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*nealkē
Genitive	*neal̯k̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nealkē	*neal̯k̯ēk
Accusative	*neal̯k̯ēm	*neal̯k̯ijtē
Partitive	*nealkētē
Genitive	*neal̯k̯ēn	*neal̯k̯ij
Essive	*nealkēnē	*neal̯k̯ijnē
Inessive	*neal̯k̯ēsnē
Elative	*neal̯k̯ēstē	*neal̯k̯ijstē
Illative	*nealkās̯ën	—
Comitative	*neal̯k̯ijnē *neal̯k̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*neal̯k̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: nielkie
  • Ume Sami: neälggie
  • Pite Sami: nällge
  • Lule Sami: nielgge
  • Northern Sami: nealgi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: nelgi
  • Skolt Sami: neäʹlǧǧ
  • Kildin Sami: не̄лльк (niell’k)
  • Ter Sami: niellʹgʹ

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