Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/əm-

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps related in some way to synonymous *më.

Pronoun

*əm-^[1]

what

Descendants

Enets:
- Forest Enets: обу (ɔbu)^[2]
Nenets:
- Forest Nenets: ӈамы (ŋami)^[3]
- Tundra Nenets: ӈамгэ (ŋamge)^[4]
>? Kamassian: әмби (əmbi)^[5]
⇒ Mator: *ам- (*am-)^[6] (in амган (amgan, “why”), амочи (amoči, “whatever”))

References

^ Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
^ P. N. Sorokina (2001) C. D. Bolina, editor, Словарь Энецко-русский и Русско-Энецкий [Forest Enets-Russian and Russian-Forest Enets dictionary]‎^[1], Saint-Petersburg, page 92
^ M. Y. Barmich, I. A. Vello (2002) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий (лесной диалект), Просвещение, →ISBN, page 94
^ N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 79
^ Donner, Kai R. (1944) Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 19
^ E. Helimski (1997) N. Beáta, editor, Die Matorische Sprache‎^[3] (in German), Szeged: JATE Finnugor Tanszék, →ISBN, pages 203, 204

Etymology

Uncertain. Has been compared with Proto-Uralic *ime- (“to suck”), but the Nganasan and Nenets data point to a back vocalic *ǝ̑ instead of the expected front vocalic *ə̈.^[1]

Verb

*əm-^[2]

to eat

Derived terms

*əməjr- (“to eat (a meal)”)
*əmså (“food”)

Descendants

Nganasan: ӈәмса (ŋəmsa)^[3]
Enets:^[4]
- Forest Enets: о- (ɔ-)
- Tundra Enets: о- (ɔ-)
Nenets:
- Forest Nenets: ӈамш (ŋamš)^[5]
- Tundra Nenets: ӈӑмзь (ŋămzʹ°)^[6]
Proto-Selkup: *am-^[7]
- Northern Selkup: амӄо (amqo)^[8]
- Southern Selkup:
  - Narym: амгу́ (amgú)^[9]
  - Upper Ob: амгу (amgu)^[10]
Kamassian: амзьәт (amźət)^[11]
- Koibal: ам- (am-)^[12]

References

^ Ante Aikio (2020) Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft version of entries A–Ć; 1/17/2020)‎^[4], page 59
^ Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
^ N. T. Kosterkina, A. C. Momde, T. Y. Zhdanova (2001) Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 143
^ Olesya Khanina, Andrey Shluinsky (2023) Forest and Tundra Enets‎^[5], →DOI, →ISBN, page 816
^ M. Y. Barmich, I. A. Vello (2002) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий (лесной диалект), Просвещение, →ISBN, page 94
^ N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 80
^ T. Janurik (2023) “A protoszölkup nyelvállapot és fejleményei. Elektronikus kézirat.”, in Szamojéd Tudástár‎^[6] (in Hungarian), page 16
^ O. A. Kazakevich, Ye. M. Budyanskaya (2010) Диалектологический словарь селькупского языка (северное наречие) [Dialectological dictionary of the Selkup language (Northern continuum)], Yekaterinburg: Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the RAS; Баско, →ISBN, page 24 of 368
^ I. A. Korobeynikova (2020) Родное слово [Native word], Tomsk: Аграф-Пресс; Вайар, →ISBN, page 42 of 240
^ G. Yu. Kostyuchenko (2023) Тюйкуй Йэжиссан – Селькупский словарь для остяков Молчановского района [Tjuykuy Yezhissan – Selkup dictionary for Molchanovo district Selkup people], Molchanovo, page 8 of 109
^ Donner, Kai R. (1944) Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎^[7], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 5
^ T. Janurik (2021) Kojbál szótár: a publikált szójegyzékek egyesített szótára.‎^[8] (in Hungarian), Székesfehérvár, pages 31, 57

[1] Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.

[2] P. N. Sorokina (2001) C. D. Bolina, editor, Словарь Энецко-русский и Русско-Энецкий [Forest Enets-Russian and Russian-Forest Enets dictionary]‎^[1], Saint-Petersburg, page 92

[3] M. Y. Barmich, I. A. Vello (2002) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий (лесной диалект), Просвещение, →ISBN, page 94

[4] N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 79

[5] Donner, Kai R. (1944) Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 19

[6] E. Helimski (1997) N. Beáta, editor, Die Matorische Sprache‎^[3] (in German), Szeged: JATE Finnugor Tanszék, →ISBN, pages 203, 204

[7] Ante Aikio (2020) Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft version of entries A–Ć; 1/17/2020)‎^[4], page 59

[8] Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.

[9] N. T. Kosterkina, A. C. Momde, T. Y. Zhdanova (2001) Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 143

[10] Olesya Khanina, Andrey Shluinsky (2023) Forest and Tundra Enets‎^[5], →DOI, →ISBN, page 816

[11] M. Y. Barmich, I. A. Vello (2002) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий (лесной диалект), Просвещение, →ISBN, page 94

[12] N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 80

[13] T. Janurik (2023) “A protoszölkup nyelvállapot és fejleményei. Elektronikus kézirat.”, in Szamojéd Tudástár‎^[6] (in Hungarian), page 16

[14] O. A. Kazakevich, Ye. M. Budyanskaya (2010) Диалектологический словарь селькупского языка (северное наречие) [Dialectological dictionary of the Selkup language (Northern continuum)], Yekaterinburg: Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the RAS; Баско, →ISBN, page 24 of 368

[15] I. A. Korobeynikova (2020) Родное слово [Native word], Tomsk: Аграф-Пресс; Вайар, →ISBN, page 42 of 240

[16] G. Yu. Kostyuchenko (2023) Тюйкуй Йэжиссан – Селькупский словарь для остяков Молчановского района [Tjuykuy Yezhissan – Selkup dictionary for Molchanovo district Selkup people], Molchanovo, page 8 of 109

[17] Donner, Kai R. (1944) Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎^[7], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 5

[18] T. Janurik (2021) Kojbál szótár: a publikált szójegyzékek egyesített szótára.‎^[8] (in Hungarian), Székesfehérvár, pages 31, 57

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