Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/tievā

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

Unknown.

Noun

*tievā[1]

  1. (small) hill, mound

Inflection

Even
Nominative *tievā
Genitive *tiev̯ān
Singular Plural
Nominative *tievā *tiev̯āk
Accusative *tiev̯ām *tiev̯ājtē
Partitive *tievātē
Genitive *tiev̯ān *tiev̯āj
Essive *tievānē *tiev̯ājnē
Inessive *tiev̯āsnē
Elative *tiev̯āstē *tiev̯ājstē
Illative *tievās̯ën
Comitative *tiev̯ājnē
*tiev̯ājnë
Abessive *tiev̯āptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: deava
    • Ume Sami: diävvá
    • Pite Sami: dievvá
    • Lule Sami: dievvá
    • Northern Sami: dievvá
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: tiävá
  • Finnish: (dialectal) tieva

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

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.