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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/nealjē
Proto-Samic
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Cardinal : *nealjē Ordinal : *nealjāntë | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *neljä. In Northern, Kildin and Ter Sami, a shift *n > *ń has occurred, probably due to the influence of the word-medial palatal glide *j.
Numeral
*nealjē
- four
Inflection
This numeral needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: nieljie, njieljie
- Ume Sami: neälljie
- Pite Sami: nällje
- Lule Sami: niellja
- Northern Sami: njeallje
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: nelji
- Skolt Sami: nellj
- Kildin Sami: не̄лльй (njēll’j)
- Ter Sami: njielˈlʹ
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
- Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.
- Lehtiranta, Juhani. 1989–2001. Yhteissaamelainen sanasto ('Common Sami Vocabulary'). Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 200. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.