Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ocë

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

*ocë

1. cleavage

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ocë
Genitive	*oc̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ocë	*oc̯ëk
Accusative	*oc̯ëm	*oc̯ëjtē
Partitive	*ocëtē
Genitive	*oc̯ën	*oc̯ëj
Essive	*ocënē	*oc̯ëjnē
Inessive	*oc̯ësnē
Elative	*oc̯ëstē	*oc̯ëjstē
Illative	*ocës̯ën	—
Comitative	*oc̯ëjnē *oc̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*oc̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: ohtse
  • Pite Sami: åhtså
  • Lule Sami: åhtså
  • Northern Sami: ohca
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: uccâ
  • Skolt Sami: oocc

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