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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čuovčë

This Proto-Samic 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-Samic

Etymology

Origin unknown. According to Aikio (2004),[1] the word is a likely candidate for a substrate loanword; potentially related to Proto-Samic *šāpšë and Proto-Samic *šāpō.

Noun

*čuovčë

  1. common whitefish

Inflection
Even
Nominative *čuovčë
Genitive *čuov̯č̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *čuovčë *čuov̯č̯ëk
Accusative *čuov̯č̯ëm *čuov̯č̯ëjtē
Partitive *čuovčëtē
Genitive *čuov̯č̯ën *čuov̯č̯ëj
Essive *čuovčënē *čuov̯č̯ëjnē
Inessive *čuov̯č̯ësnē
Elative *čuov̯č̯ëstē *čuov̯č̯ëjstē
Illative *čuovčës̯ën —
Comitative *čuov̯č̯ëjnē
*čuov̯č̯ëjnë		 —
Abessive *čuov̯č̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants
  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: tjoevtje
    • Ume Sami: tjuavttja
    • Pite Sami: tjuavvtja
    • Lule Sami: tjuovttja
    • Northern Sami: čuovža
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Skolt Sami: čuvǯǯ

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

References
  1. Aikio, Ante. 2004. "An essay on substrate studies and the origin of Saami". Mémoires de la Société néophilologique de Helsinki 63: 5–34.
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