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Proto-Samic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *käle. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *keeli.
Noun
*kielë
- tongue
- language
Inflection
Even
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Nominative
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*kielë
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Genitive
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*kiel̯ën
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*kielë
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*kiel̯ëk
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Accusative
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*kiel̯ëm
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*kiel̯ëjtē
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Partitive
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*kielëtē
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Genitive
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*kiel̯ën
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*kiel̯ëj
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Essive
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*kielënē
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*kiel̯ëjnē
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Inessive
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*kiel̯ësnē
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Elative
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*kiel̯ëstē
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*kiel̯ëjstē
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Illative
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*kielës̯ën
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—
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Comitative
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*kiel̯ëjnē *kiel̯ëjnë
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—
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Abessive
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*kiel̯ëptāk̯ëk
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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