Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vuopsë

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

*vuopsë

1. fishnet mesh

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*vuopsë
Genitive	*vuop̯s̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*vuopsë	*vuop̯s̯ëk
Accusative	*vuop̯s̯ëm	*vuop̯s̯ëjtē
Partitive	*vuopsëtē
Genitive	*vuop̯s̯ën	*vuop̯s̯ëj
Essive	*vuopsënē	*vuop̯s̯ëjnē
Inessive	*vuop̯s̯ësnē
Elative	*vuop̯s̯ëstē	*vuop̯s̯ëjstē
Illative	*vuopsës̯ën	—
Comitative	*vuop̯s̯ëjnē *vuop̯s̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*vuop̯s̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Ume Sami: vuapssa
  • Pite Sami: vuappsa
  • Lule Sami: vuoppsa
  • Northern Sami: vuoksa
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: vuopˈsâ
  • Skolt Sami: vuõpss
  • Kildin Sami:
  • Ter Sami: vïpps

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