Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/lëńë

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

Noun

*lëńë

1. compartment

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*lëńë
Genitive	*lëń̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lëńë	*lëń̯ëk
Accusative	*lëń̯ëm	*lëń̯ëjtē
Partitive	*lëńëtē
Genitive	*lëń̯ën	*lëń̯ëj
Essive	*lëńënē	*lëń̯ëjnē
Inessive	*lëń̯ësnē
Elative	*lëń̯ëstē	*lëń̯ëjstē
Illative	*lëńës̯ën	—
Comitative	*lëń̯ëjnē *lëń̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*lëń̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: lïtnje
  • Pite Sami: ladnja
  • Lule Sami: ladnja
  • Northern Sami: latnja
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: lonnjâ
  • Skolt Sami: lõnnj
  • Kildin Sami:

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