Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/korå

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

From Proto-Uralic *kojera (“male animal”).

Noun

*korå

1. male animal
2. reindeer bull

Descendants

• Nganasan: куру (kuru)
• Enets:
  • Forest Enets: кура (kura)
  • Tundra Enets: кура (kura)
• Nenets:
  • Forest Nenets: коԓа (koła)
  • Tundra Nenets: хора (xora)
• Selkup:
  • Northern Selkup: [script needed] (qorɨ)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym: кор (kor, “male animal”)
    • Upper Ob: коор (koor, “male animal”)
• Kamassian: кхора (kʰora)
• >? Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan: *qora (see there for further descendants)
• >? Proto-Tungusic: *oran (see there for further descendants)

References

• Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
• Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.