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Proto-Samic
Etymology
Borrowing from Proto-Finnic *härkä, in parallel into Western Samic (*hearkē) and Eastern Sami (*earkē).
Noun
*(h)earkē
- reindeer bull
Inflection
Even
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Nominative
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*(h)earkē
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Genitive
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*(h)ear̯k̯ēn
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*(h)earkē
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*(h)ear̯k̯ēk
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Accusative
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*(h)ear̯k̯ēm
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*(h)ear̯k̯ijtē
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Partitive
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*(h)earkētē
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Genitive
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*(h)ear̯k̯ēn
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*(h)ear̯k̯ij
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Essive
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*(h)earkēnē
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*(h)ear̯k̯ijnē
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Inessive
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*(h)ear̯k̯ēsnē
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Elative
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*(h)ear̯k̯ēstē
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*(h)ear̯k̯ijstē
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Illative
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*(h)earkās̯ën
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—
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Comitative
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*(h)ear̯k̯ijnē *(h)ear̯k̯ijnë
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—
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Abessive
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*(h)ear̯k̯ēptāk̯ëk
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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