Reconstruction:Proto-Mansi/wār

This Proto-Mansi 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-Mansi

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *wëre (“peak”).

Noun

*wār

  1. forest

Inflection

Inflection of *wār
singular dual plural
nominative *wār *wārɣ *wārt
accusative *wārmē̮ *- *-
lative-dative *wārna *- *-
locative *wārtā *- *-
ablative *wārnāl *- *-
instrumental *wārl / *wārtɜl *- *-
comitative *wārnāt *- *-
translative *wārɣ *- *-

Notes: The Proto-Mansi declension system is not yet reconstructed in detail.
What is presented here is only one possibility. (Honti)

Descendants

  • Northern Mansi: во̄р (vōr)
  • Eastern Mansi: вор (vor)
  • Western Mansi: вор (vor)
  • Southern Mansi: ва̄р (vār)

Further reading

  • Ante Aikio (2015) The Finnic ‘secondary e-stems’ and Proto-Uralic vocalism‎[1], Oulu, Helsinki, page 38
  • E. A. Kuzakova (1994) “вор”, in Словарь манси (восточный диалект) [Mansi dictionary (eastern dialect)], Moskwa: Российская академия наук, Ин-т этнологии и антропологии им. Миклухо-Маклая, page 47
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