Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kiemnē

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

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Noun

*kiemnē

1. kettle

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*kiemnē
Genitive	*kiem̯n̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kiemnē	*kiem̯n̯ēk
Accusative	*kiem̯n̯ēm	*kiem̯n̯ijtē
Partitive	*kiemnētē
Genitive	*kiem̯n̯ēn	*kiem̯n̯ij
Essive	*kiemnēnē	*kiem̯n̯ijnē
Inessive	*kiem̯n̯ēsnē
Elative	*kiem̯n̯ēstē	*kiem̯n̯ijstē
Illative	*kiemnās̯ën	—
Comitative	*kiem̯n̯ijnē *kiem̯n̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*kiem̯n̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: giebnie
  • Ume Sami: geäbdnie
  • Pite Sami: gäbbne
  • Lule Sami: giebbme
  • Northern Sami: gievdni, giebmi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kiemˈni
  • Skolt Sami: ǩieʹmnn
  • Kildin Sami: кӣммьн (kīmm’n)
  • Ter Sami: kimmʹne

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