Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/tuoljē

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

From earlier *talja, cognate with Proto-Finnic *talja, both possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *dáljāˀ.

Noun

*tuoljē

1. animal hide

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*tuoljē
Genitive	*tuol̯j̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tuoljē	*tuol̯j̯ēk
Accusative	*tuol̯j̯ēm	*tuol̯j̯ijtē
Partitive	*tuoljētē
Genitive	*tuol̯j̯ēn	*tuol̯j̯ij
Essive	*tuoljēnē	*tuol̯j̯ijnē
Inessive	*tuol̯j̯ēsnē
Elative	*tuol̯j̯ēstē	*tuol̯j̯ijstē
Illative	*tuoljās̯ën	—
Comitative	*tuol̯j̯ijnē *tuol̯j̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*tuol̯j̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: dueljie
  • Ume Sami: duölljie
  • Pite Sami: duällje
  • Lule Sami: duollje
  • Northern Sami: duollji
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: tyelˈji
  • Skolt Sami: tueʹlˈlj
  • Kildin Sami: тӯлльй (tūll’j)
  • Ter Sami:

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