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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ëprē

This Proto-Samic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Samic

Etymology

Borrowing from an unidentified Indo-European language, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós (“raincloud > rain”).

Noun

*ëprē

  1. rain

Inflection
Even
Nominative *ëprē
Genitive *ëp̯r̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *ëprē *ëp̯r̯ēk
Accusative *ëp̯r̯ēm *ëp̯r̯ijtē
Partitive *ëprētē
Genitive *ëp̯r̯ēn *ëp̯r̯ij
Essive *ëprēnē *ëp̯r̯ijnē
Inessive *ëp̯r̯ēsnē
Elative *ëp̯r̯ēstē *ëp̯r̯ijstē
Illative *ëprās̯ën —
Comitative *ëp̯r̯ijnē
*ëp̯r̯ijnë		 —
Abessive *ëp̯r̯ēptāk̯ëk —

Descendants
  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: ebrie
    • Ume Sami: abrrie
    • Lule Sami: harvve (with metathesis and unetymological h)
    • Northern Sami: arvi (with metathesis)
  • Eastern Samic:

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
  • Koivulehto, Jorma. 2001. "The earliest contacts between Indo-European and Uralic speakers in the light of lexical loans". — Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 242: 235–263.
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