Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/tuonë

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

Noun

*tuonë

1. poor thing
2. smell of starvation

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*tuonë
Genitive	*tuon̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tuonë	*tuon̯ëk
Accusative	*tuon̯ëm	*tuon̯ëjtē
Partitive	*tuonëtē
Genitive	*tuon̯ën	*tuon̯ëj
Essive	*tuonënē	*tuon̯ëjnē
Inessive	*tuon̯ësnē
Elative	*tuon̯ëstē	*tuon̯ëjstē
Illative	*tuonës̯ën	—
Comitative	*tuon̯ëjnē *tuon̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*tuon̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: doene
  • Pite Sami: duodna
  • Lule Sami: duodna
  • Northern Sami: duotna
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami:
  • Skolt Sami: tuõnn
  • Kildin 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