Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/leajpē

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 earlier *lejpä, probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic *léiˀpāˀ.

Noun

*leajpē

  1. alder (tree)

Inflection

Even
Nominative *leajpē
Genitive *leaj̯p̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *leajpē *leaj̯p̯ēk
Accusative *leaj̯p̯ēm *leaj̯p̯ijtē
Partitive *leajpētē
Genitive *leaj̯p̯ēn *leaj̯p̯ij
Essive *leajpēnē *leaj̯p̯ijnē
Inessive *leaj̯p̯ēsnē
Elative *leaj̯p̯ēstē *leaj̯p̯ijstē
Illative *leajpās̯ën
Comitative *leaj̯p̯ijnē
*leaj̯p̯ijnë
Abessive *leaj̯p̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: liejpie
    • Ume Sami: leäjbbie
    • Pite Sami: läjjbe
    • Lule Sami: liejbbe
    • Northern Sami: leaibi
  • Eastern Samic:

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