Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/nuorttē

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

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Noun

*nuorttē

1. north
2. east
3. south

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*nuorttē
Genitive	*nuor̯t̯t̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nuorttē	*nuor̯t̯t̯ēk
Accusative	*nuor̯t̯t̯ēm	*nuor̯t̯t̯ijtē
Partitive	*nuorttētē
Genitive	*nuor̯t̯t̯ēn	*nuor̯t̯t̯ij
Essive	*nuorttēnē	*nuor̯t̯t̯ijnē
Inessive	*nuor̯t̯t̯ēsnē
Elative	*nuor̯t̯t̯ēstē	*nuor̯t̯t̯ijstē
Illative	*nuorttās̯ën	—
Comitative	*nuor̯t̯t̯ijnē *nuor̯t̯t̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*nuor̯t̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: noerhte (“north”)
  • Northern Sami: nuorti (“east”)
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: nuorttâ (“east”) (why â?)
  • Skolt Sami: nuõrti (“east”)
  • Kildin Sami: нуҏҏьт (nur̥r̥’t, “east”)
  • Ter Sami: nïrrʹde (“south”)

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