Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/cåŋå-
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Proto-Samoyedic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Uralic *čaŋa- (“to strike, beat, rub”).
Verb
[edit]*cåŋå-
- (transitive) to rub
- (transitive) to wear out
Descendants
[edit]- Nenets:
- Tundra Nenets: тангабась (tangabaś)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ante Aikio (2002) “New and Old Samoyed Etymologies”, in Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, page 11