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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kuomōj

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

From Pre-Samic *kamoj, borrowed from Northwest Proto-Germanic *kāma- (whence Icelandic kám (“dirt, filth”)).[1]

Noun

*kuomōj

  1. stomach contents, chyme

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Western Samic:
    • Ume Sami: guamuoj
    • Pite Sami:
    • Lule Sami: guomoj
    • Northern Sami: guomu
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: kuámui
    • Skolt Sami: kuâm
    • Kildin Sami: куэм (kuem)
    • Ter Sami: kïemaj

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, A. (2006). On Germanic-Saami contacts and Saami prehistory. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja, 2006(91), 9–55.
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