Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/nᴕje-
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Proto-Uralic
[edit]Reconstruction
[edit]The first-syllable vowel is unclear: Hungarian points to *nëje- or *noje-, Enets and Nenets to *naje-, Mator to *noje-, Selkup to *naje- or *noje-.
Verb
[edit]*nᴕje-
- to open
Descendants
[edit]- Samoyedic: *nåj-?
- Enets:
- Forest Enets: [script needed] (netebo)
- Tundra Enets: [script needed] (nêtíbo), [script needed] (neete-)
- Nenets:
- Forest Nenets: [script needed] (näeś)
- Tundra Nenets: нэсь (næsy)
- Selkup:
- Mator: [script needed] (ноймамъ)
- Enets:
- Hungarian: nyílik (“to open”) (intransitive), nyit (“to open”) (transitive)
References
[edit]- Helimski, Eugene. 1996. "Tágra nyíljék!" Ünnepi könyv Domokos Péter tiszteletére, ed. A. Bereczki, L. Klima. Budapest.