Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/leajpē
Proto-Samic
Etymology
From earlier *lejpä, probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic *léiˀpāˀ.
Noun
*leajpē
- 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:
- Inari Sami: leibi
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