Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/təptə-

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

• *cəpcə-

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps related in some way to Proto-Finno-Ugric *čupa (“lean, thin”).

Verb

*təptə-

1. to be narrow, tight

Descendants

• Nganasan: тәбтәися (təbtəisja)
• Enets:
  • ⇒ Forest Enets: тотобиза (totobiza, “narrow, tight”)
• Nenets:
  • Forest Nenets: тӑпташ (tăptaš, “to squeeze out”)
  • Tundra Nenets: тӑбтӑрӑсь (tăbtărăsʹ°)
• Kamassian: тхаʼбдәрзьәт (tʰaʔbdərźət, “to grasp; to seize”)