Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/koaskē

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 Proto-Uralic *koska.

Noun

*koaskē

  1. a maternal aunt older than one's mother

Inflection

Even
Nominative *koaskē
Genitive *koas̯k̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *koaskē *koas̯k̯ēk
Accusative *koas̯k̯ēm *koas̯k̯ijtē
Partitive *koaskētē
Genitive *koas̯k̯ēn *koas̯k̯ij
Essive *koaskēnē *koas̯k̯ijnē
Inessive *koas̯k̯ēsnē
Elative *koas̯k̯ēstē *koas̯k̯ijstē
Illative *koaskās̯ën
Comitative *koas̯k̯ijnē
*koas̯k̯ijnë
Abessive *koas̯k̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: gåeskie
    • Ume Sami: gå̄sskie
    • Pite Sami: gå̄sske
    • Lule Sami: goasske
    • Northern Sami: goaski
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: kuásˈki
    • Skolt Sami: kuäʹsǩǩ
    • Kildin Sami: куэсськ (kuess’k)

Further reading

  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • Lehtiranta, Juhani (1989), Yhteissaamelainen sanasto [Common Sami Vocabulary] (Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia; 200) (in Finnish), Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN