Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/kərmå-

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

Alternative reconstructions

(Tundra Nenets) *kərwå-

Etymology

Uncertain. Has been compared with Moksha кармамс (karmams, “to start”)^[1], but the first vowel does not correspond.

Verb

*kərmå-

to want

Descendants

Nganasan: кәрбудя (kərbudja)^[2]
Enets:^[3]
- Forest Enets: комаҫь (komaš', kɔmaš')
- Tundra Enets: комаше (komaše, kɔmaše)
Nenets:
- Tundra Nenets: хӑрвась (xărwasʹ°)^[4]

References

^ Entry #246 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
^ N. T. Kosterkina, A. C. Momde, T. Y. Zhdanova (2001) Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 83
^ Olesya Khanina, Andrey Shluinsky (2023) Forest and Tundra Enets‎^[1], →DOI, →ISBN, page 837
^ N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 157

[1] Entry #246 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

[2] N. T. Kosterkina, A. C. Momde, T. Y. Zhdanova (2001) Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 83

[3] Olesya Khanina, Andrey Shluinsky (2023) Forest and Tundra Enets‎^[1], →DOI, →ISBN, page 837

[4] N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 157

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