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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/muorë
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Proto-Samic
Etymology
Origin unknown. The word is a likely candidate for a substrate loanword. Possibly from a Pre-Samic *mori or *mari.
Noun
*muorë
- tree
- wood
Inflection
| Even | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *muorë | |
| Genitive | *muor̯ën | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *muorë | *muor̯ëk |
| Accusative | *muor̯ëm | *muor̯ëjtē |
| Partitive | *muorëtē | |
| Genitive | *muor̯ën | *muor̯ëj |
| Essive | *muorënē | *muor̯ëjnē |
| Inessive | *muor̯ësnē | |
| Elative | *muor̯ëstē | *muor̯ëjstē |
| Illative | *muorës̯ën | — |
| Comitative | *muor̯ëjnē *muor̯ëjnë | — |
| Abessive | *muor̯ëptāk̯ëk | — |
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: moere
- Ume Sami: muorra
- Pite Sami: muorra
- Lule Sami: muorra
- Northern Sami: muorra
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: muoṛâ
- Skolt Sami: muõrr
- Kildin Sami: мӯрр (mūrr)
- Ter Sami: mïrr
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