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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čëlmē
Proto-Samic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *śilmä. Doublet of *šëlmē.
Noun
*čëlmē
- eye
Inflection
Even | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | *čëlmē | |
Genitive | *čël̯m̯ēn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *čëlmē | *čël̯m̯ēk |
Accusative | *čël̯m̯ēm | *čël̯m̯ijtē |
Partitive | *čëlmētē | |
Genitive | *čël̯m̯ēn | *čël̯m̯ij |
Essive | *čëlmēnē | *čël̯m̯ijnē |
Inessive | *čël̯m̯ēsnē | |
Elative | *čël̯m̯ēstē | *čël̯m̯ijstē |
Illative | *čëlmās̯ën | — |
Comitative | *čël̯m̯ijnē *čël̯m̯ijnë | — |
Abessive | *čël̯m̯ēptāk̯ëk | — |
Derived terms
- *čëlmētteamē
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: tjelmie
- Ume Sami: tjalbmie
- Pite Sami: tjalbme
- Lule Sami: tjalmme
- Northern Sami: čalbmi
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: čalme
- Skolt Sami: čâʹlmm
- Kildin Sami: чалльм (čallʹm)
- Ter Sami: [Term?] (čɐl̜̄m̜e)
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