Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/wårä

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 *warᴈ.

Noun

*wårä

1. crow

Descendants

• Nganasan: кулаˮа (kulaʔa)
• Enets:
  • Forest Enets: кулы
• Nenets:
  • Tundra Nenets: варӈэ (warŋe)
  • Forest Nenets: ваԓны (wałni), ваԓнэ (wałne)
• Proto-Selkup: *kuə̑rä
  • Northern Selkup: кәрӓ
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym: квэ́ре (kwérje)
    • Upper Ob: куэре (kuerje)
• Kamassian: бари (bari)

References

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