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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/pāktē

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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

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Etymology

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Origin unknown. According to Aikio (2004), the word is a likely candidate for a substrate loanword.

Noun

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*pāktē

  1. rock
  2. steep mountain

Inflection

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Even
Nominative *pāktē
Genitive *pāk̯t̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *pāktē *pāk̯t̯ēk
Accusative *pāk̯t̯ēm *pāk̯t̯ijtē
Partitive *pāktētē
Genitive *pāk̯t̯ēn *pāk̯t̯ij
Essive *pāktēnē *pāk̯t̯ijnē
Inessive *pāk̯t̯ēsnē
Elative *pāk̯t̯ēstē *pāk̯t̯ijstē
Illative *pāktās̯ën
Comitative *pāk̯t̯ijnē
*pāk̯t̯ijnë
Abessive *pāk̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants

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  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: baektie
    • Ume Sami: bákttie
    • Pite Sami: bákkte
    • Lule Sami: bákte
    • Northern Sami: bákti
  • Eastern Samic:

Further reading

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  • 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