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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/koje
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Proto-Uralic
Etymology 1
Noun
*koje
- male
Derived terms
- *kojema (“male human”)
- *kojera (“male animal”)
- *kojeśɜ (“twenty”)
Descendants
- ? Samoyedic:
- Tundra Nenets: [script needed] (xājūpā, “to be married”) (of a woman)
- Mansi: *kuj
- Northern: хуй (huj)
- Khanty:
- Eastern: ку (ku)
- Northern: хой (xoj)
- Proto-Samic: *kuojë (“husband”)
- Skolt Sami: kuõjj
- Akkala Sami: [Term?] (kujj, kuj)
- Kildin Sami: кӯйй (kūjj)
- Ter Sami: [Term?] (ki̮i̭j)
Coordinate terms
- *näjɜ (“woman”)
Etymology 2
Likely akin to *kaja-.
Noun
*koje
- dawn
Descendants
- Proto-Ugric: *kojĭ (see there for further descendants)
- Permic
- Komi-Permyak: кыа (kya)
- Proto-Finnic: *koi (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- Entry #329 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- Entry #330 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.