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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/povnë

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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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Unknown. Probably borrowed from a substrate language.[1]

Noun

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*povnë

  1. tussock

Inflection

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Even
Nominative *povnë
Genitive *pov̯n̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *povnë *pov̯n̯ëk
Accusative *pov̯n̯ëm *pov̯n̯ëjtē
Partitive *povnëtē
Genitive *pov̯n̯ën *pov̯n̯ëj
Essive *povnënē *pov̯n̯ëjnē
Inessive *pov̯n̯ësnē
Elative *pov̯n̯ëstē *pov̯n̯ëjstē
Illative *povnës̯ën
Comitative *pov̯n̯ëjnē
*pov̯n̯ëjnë
Abessive *pov̯n̯ëptāk̯ëk

Descendants

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  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: båvne
    • Pite Sami:
    • Lule Sami: båvnnå
    • Northern Sami: bovdna
  • Eastern Samic:
  • Finnish: pounu

References

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  1. ^ Aikio, Ante (2012) An Essay on Saami Ethnolinguistic Prehistory. A Linguistic Map of Prehistoric Northern Europe. Ed. by Grünthal, Riho; Kallio, Petri. Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne. Suomalais-ugrilainen seura. 63-117.