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Proto-Samic
Etymology
Related to Proto-Finnic *rinta of the same meaning.
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Noun
*rëntē
- breast, chest
Inflection
Even
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Nominative
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*rëntē
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Genitive
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*rën̯t̯ēn
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*rëntē
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*rën̯t̯ēk
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Accusative
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*rën̯t̯ēm
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*rën̯t̯ijtē
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Partitive
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*rëntētē
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Genitive
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*rën̯t̯ēn
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*rën̯t̯ij
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Essive
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*rëntēnē
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*rën̯t̯ijnē
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Inessive
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*rën̯t̯ēsnē
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Elative
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*rën̯t̯ēstē
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*rën̯t̯ijstē
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Illative
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*rëntās̯ën
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—
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Comitative
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*rën̯t̯ijnē *rën̯t̯ijnë
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—
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Abessive
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*rën̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk
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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