Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kielë

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

From Proto-Uralic *käle. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *keeli.

Noun

*kielë

1. tongue
2. language

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*kielë
Genitive	*kiel̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kielë	*kiel̯ëk
Accusative	*kiel̯ëm	*kiel̯ëjtē
Partitive	*kielëtē
Genitive	*kiel̯ën	*kiel̯ëj
Essive	*kielënē	*kiel̯ëjnē
Inessive	*kiel̯ësnē
Elative	*kiel̯ëstē	*kiel̯ëjstē
Illative	*kielës̯ën	—
Comitative	*kiel̯ëjnē *kiel̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*kiel̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: gïele
  • Ume Sami: giälla
  • Pite Sami: giella
  • Lule Sami: giella
  • Northern Sami: giella
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kieḷâ
  • Skolt Sami: ǩiõll
  • Kildin Sami: кӣлл (kīll)
  • Ter Sami: kill

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland