Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/oalōl

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 *ola.

Noun

*oalōl

1. jaw

Inflection

Odd
Nominative	*oal̯ōl
Genitive	*oalul̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*oal̯ōl	*oalul̯ëk
Accusative	*oalul̯ëm	*oalul̯ëjtē
Partitive	*oal̯ōltē
Genitive	*oalul̯ën	*oalul̯ëj
Essive	*oal̯ōlnē	*oalul̯ëjnē
Inessive	*oalul̯ësnē
Elative	*oalul̯ëstē	*oalul̯ëjstē
Illative	*oal̯ul̯s̯ën	—
Comitative	*oalul̯ëjnē *oalul̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*oalul̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Ume Sami: å̄luol
  • Pite Sami: å̄lol
  • Lule Sami: oalol
  • Northern Sami: oalul
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: uálul

From *oal- (contraction of *oalōl-):

• Skolt Sami: vuål-
• Kildin Sami: вуал- (vual-)
• Ter Sami: oal-

Derived terms

• *oalulëš

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
• Ante Aikio (2020) Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft)‎^[2]