Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kākēr

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

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *kakara.[1]

Noun

*kākēr

  1. dropping, dung

Inflection

Even
Nominative *kāk̯ēr
Genitive *kāk̯ērn
Singular Plural
Nominative *kāk̯ēr *kāk̯ērk
Accusative *kāk̯ērm *kāk̯ērjtē
Partitive *kāk̯ērtē
Genitive *kāk̯ērn *kāk̯ērj
Essive *kāk̯ērnē *kāk̯ērjnē
Inessive *kāk̯ērsnē
Elative *kāk̯ērstē *kāk̯ērjstē
Illative *kāk̯ēr̯s̯ën
Comitative *kāk̯ērjnē
*kāk̯ērjnë
Abessive *kāk̯ērptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: gaekere
    • Ume Sami: gáhkiere
    • Pite Sami: gáhker
    • Lule Sami: gáger
    • Northern Sami: gágir
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: kääṿir
    • Skolt Sami: kääʹer
    • Kildin Sami: ка̄герь (kāgjer’)
    • Ter Sami: [script needed] (kǡg͕er̜)

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2024. Are There Proto-Slavic Loanwords in Saami?. Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2024 (69):5–40.[1]