Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/rājē

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

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *raja, from Proto-Slavic *krajь.

Noun

*rājē

1. border

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*rājē
Genitive	*rāj̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rājē	*rāj̯ēk
Accusative	*rāj̯ēm	*rāj̯ijtē
Partitive	*rājētē
Genitive	*rāj̯ēn	*rāj̯ij
Essive	*rājēnē	*rāj̯ijnē
Inessive	*rāj̯ēsnē
Elative	*rāj̯ēstē	*rāj̯ijstē
Illative	*rājās̯ën	—
Comitative	*rāj̯ijnē *rāj̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*rāj̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: raejie
  • Ume Sami: rájjie
  • Pite Sami: rádje, rájje
  • Lule Sami: rádje
  • Northern Sami: rádji
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: rääji
  • Skolt Sami: raajj
  • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (rāi̭jᵃ)
  • Ter Sami: rajja

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