Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/suojnē

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 Pre-Samic *šajna, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian siens). Cognate with Proto-Finnic *haina.

Noun

*suojnē

1. hay

   Synonym: *āvjē

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*suojnē
Genitive	*suoj̯n̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*suojnē	*suoj̯n̯ēk
Accusative	*suoj̯n̯ēm	*suoj̯n̯ijtē
Partitive	*suojnētē
Genitive	*suoj̯n̯ēn	*suoj̯n̯ij
Essive	*suojnēnē	*suoj̯n̯ijnē
Inessive	*suoj̯n̯ēsnē
Elative	*suoj̯n̯ēstē	*suoj̯n̯ijstē
Illative	*suojnās̯ën	—
Comitative	*suoj̯n̯ijnē *suoj̯n̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*suoj̯n̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: suejnie
  • Ume Sami: suöjdnie
  • Pite Sami: suäjdne
  • Lule Sami: suojnne
  • Northern Sami: suoidni
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: syeiˈni
  • Skolt Sami: sueiʹnn
  • Kildin Sami: сӯййн (sūjjn)
  • Ter Sami: sïjjne

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