Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/kuləjə

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 *kule +‎ *-jə.

Noun

*kuləjə

1. raven

Descendants

• Nganasan: кулаˮа (kulaʔa)
• Nenets:
  • Forest Nenets: куԓы (kułi)
  • Tundra Nenets: хулы (xuli)
• Proto-Selkup: *kulä
  • Northern Selkup: кӱля (külja)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym: куле́ (kuljé)
    • Chulym: кулэ (kule)
• Kamassian: кхули (kʰuli), кхӱли (kʰüli)
• Koibal: куле (kulje), kullae

References

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