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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/puolvë

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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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From Proto-Uralic *polwe.

Noun

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*puolvë

  1. knee

Inflection

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Even
Nominative *puolvë
Genitive *puol̯v̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *puolvë *puol̯v̯ëk
Accusative *puol̯v̯ëm *puol̯v̯ëjtē
Partitive *puolvëtē
Genitive *puol̯v̯ën *puol̯v̯ëj
Essive *puolvënē *puol̯v̯ëjnē
Inessive *puol̯v̯ësnē
Elative *puol̯v̯ëstē *puol̯v̯ëjstē
Illative *puolvës̯ën
Comitative *puol̯v̯ëjnē
*puol̯v̯ëjnë
Abessive *puol̯v̯ëptāk̯ëk

Descendants

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  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: boelve
    • Ume Sami: bualvva
    • Pite Sami: buallva
    • Lule Sami: buolvva
    • Northern Sami: buolva
  • 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