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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/këńël
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Proto-Samic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *küńele. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *küünel.
Noun
*këńël
- tear (eye liquid)
Inflection
| Odd | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *këń̯ël | |
| Genitive | *këńël̯ën | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *këń̯ël | *këńël̯ëk |
| Accusative | *këńël̯ëm | *këńël̯ëjtē |
| Partitive | *këń̯ëltē | |
| Genitive | *këńël̯ën | *këńël̯ëj |
| Essive | *këń̯ëlnē | *këńël̯ëjnē |
| Inessive | *këńël̯ësnē | |
| Elative | *këńël̯ëstē | *këńël̯ëjstē |
| Illative | *këń̯ël̯s̯ën | — |
| Comitative | *këńël̯ëjnē *këńël̯ëjnë | — |
| Abessive | *këńël̯ëptāk̯ëk | — |
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: gïknjele
- Lule Sami: ganjál
- Northern Sami: ganjal
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: koonjâl
- Skolt Sami: kõõnjâl
- Kildin Sami: кэ̄нял (kēnjal)
- Ter Sami: kânjl
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