Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/oajvē

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

From Proto-Uralic *ojwa.

Noun

*oajvē

1. head

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*oajvē
Genitive	*oaj̯v̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*oajvē	*oaj̯v̯ēk
Accusative	*oaj̯v̯ēm	*oaj̯v̯ijtē
Partitive	*oajvētē
Genitive	*oaj̯v̯ēn	*oaj̯v̯ij
Essive	*oajvēnē	*oaj̯v̯ijnē
Inessive	*oaj̯v̯ēsnē
Elative	*oaj̯v̯ēstē	*oaj̯v̯ijstē
Illative	*oajvās̯ën	—
Comitative	*oaj̯v̯ijnē *oaj̯v̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*oaj̯v̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: åejjie
  • Ume Sami: å̄jvvie
  • Pite Sami: å̄jjve
  • Lule Sami: oajvve
  • Northern Sami: oaivi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: uáiˈvi
  • Skolt Sami: vuẹiʹvv
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (ojv)
  • Kildin Sami: вуэййв (vuejjv)
  • Ter Sami: выэййве (vïejjvʼe)

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