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Proto-Samic
Etymology
Origin unknown. According to Aikio (2004), the word is a likely candidate for a substrate loanword. Possibly related to Finnish saarva.
Noun
*čeavrēs
- otter
Inflection
Odd
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Nominative
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*čeav̯r̯ēs
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Genitive
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*čeavrās̯ën
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*čeav̯r̯ēs
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*čeavrās̯ëk
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Accusative
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*čeavrās̯ëm
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*čeavrās̯ëjtē
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Partitive
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*čeav̯r̯ēstē
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Genitive
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*čeavrās̯ën
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*čeavrās̯ëj
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Essive
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*čeav̯r̯ēsnē
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*čeavrās̯ëjnē
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Inessive
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*čeavrās̯ësnē
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Elative
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*čeavrās̯ëstē
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*čeavrās̯ëjstē
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Illative
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*čeav̯r̯ās̯s̯ën
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—
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Comitative
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*čeavrās̯ëjnē *čeavrās̯ëjnë
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—
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Abessive
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*čeavrās̯ëptāk̯ëk
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—
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Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland