Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/pālē

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

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *pälä (“time”), whence also Udmurt пол (pol, “time, occasion”).

Noun

*pālē

1. time

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*pālē
Genitive	*pāl̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pālē	*pāl̯ēk
Accusative	*pāl̯ēm	*pāl̯ijtē
Partitive	*pālētē
Genitive	*pāl̯ēn	*pāl̯ij
Essive	*pālēnē	*pāl̯ijnē
Inessive	*pāl̯ēsnē
Elative	*pāl̯ēstē	*pāl̯ijstē
Illative	*pālās̯ën	—
Comitative	*pāl̯ijnē *pāl̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*pāl̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: baelie
  • Ume Sami:
  • Pite Sami: bálle
  • Lule Sami: bálle
  • Northern Sami: bálli
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: pääli
  • Skolt Sami: pääʹll
  • Kildin Sami: па̄лль (pāll’)
  • Ter Sami: [script needed] (pal̜l̜e)

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
• Entry #1471 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.